Lenni Lenape Capital Traditional Cache
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McElhattan, with its interesting history from the ancient days of the Lenni Lenape to its position today as, arguably, the "industrial center of Clinton County," has much more to it than meets the eyes of those flying by on four-lane Route 220 connecting Jersey Shore and Williamsport in the east to Lock Haven and State College in the west.
A Clinton County mystery arises from a local monument, this one to Canasorgu, “the ancient capital of the Lenni Lenape.” This modest stone column stands on Spook Hollow Road this section of the road is part of the Mid-State Trail and no longer open to motor vehicles, it's near the McElhattan/Woolrich bridge crossing the Susquehanna River in Wayne Township. Reference books on Pennsylvania Indian villages put a similarly named village down river near Muncy. A village with a close spelling also existed in New York State. But is it Canasorgu or Cansaerage? The latter was a former Shawnee village near Muncy, according to George Donehoo in his “Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania.” Native Americans did live near the McElhattan Canasorgu monument. People have found artifacts near here. But this village went by a different name according to another authority on Pennsylvania Indian paths. On the face of it, “ancient capital of the Lenni Lenape” on the monument is a howler. This was Iroquois and Susquehannock country long before the Shawnees came and before Lenni Lenape displaced from Eastern Pennsylvania drifted through. What background existed for such a claim? Congrats to Sawyerbug on the FTF
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Gur pnpur vf abg uvqqra ba gur zbahzrag. Arne rlr yriry 45’ qbja fgernz