how does this river get its name?
Len'api (or Delaware Indian) term "Sisa'we'hak'hanna", which means "Oyster River."
Susquehanna River
"Susquehanna" comes from the Len'api (or Delaware Indian) term "Sisa'we'hak'hanna", which means "Oyster River."
which stage musical was groundbreaking when they used ballet to further the plot of the story UNANSWERABLE by whom was this musical directed? Francesca Zambello. what is the play about? Its a story about a show boat called the "Cotton Blossom". has it ever been adapted for any other media? Yes, for film and television. where was this play staged? On Broadway. where was the director born? New York City. what other projects was he a part of? She serves as director of Glimmerglass Festival and the Washington National Opera. what is the purpose of this festival? It presents an annual season of operas and is well known for producing new, lesser-known, and rare works. where is it located? At the Alice Busch Opera Theater on Otsego Lake, north of Cooperstown, New York, United States. does the town have a sister city? Yes, Windsor, Nova Scotia. which famous family is this place related to? The Clark family. what is a major geographical feature of this place? It is the source of the Susquehanna River.
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Susquehanna River [SEP] Etymology
"Susquehanna" comes from the Len'api (or Delaware Indian) term "Sisa'we'hak'hanna", which means "Oyster River." Oyster beds were widespread in the bay near the mouth of the river, which the Lenape farmed, leaving oyster shell middens. The Len'api were a Native American people at "Con'esto'ga" ("Roof-place" or "town," modern Washington Boro, Lancaster County), also called "Ka'ot'sch'ie'ra" ("Place-crawfish," modern Chickisalunga, Lancaster County), or "Gasch'guch'sa" ("Great-fall-in-river," modern Conewago Falls, Lancaster County) as either "Minquas" ("quite different"), or "Sisa'we'hak'hanna'lenno'wak" ("Oyster-river-people"). The "Len'api" also called the area "Sisa'we'hak'hanna'unk" ("Oyster-river-place"). Peoples of the mid-Atlantic Coast included coastal peoples who spoke Algonquian languages, such as the Len'api (whose bands spoke three dialects of Lenape), and Iroquoian languages-speaking peoples of the interior, such as the Eroni and the Five Nations of the Iroquois.