Category: History

Area History 1. Lake Teedyuskung was named for Teedyuscung, (1700-1763) a spokesman of the Susquehanna Delaware Indians. He worked and fought unsuccessfully to get his people a deed for land to be reserved for them in perpetuity. The request was not granted. Teedyuscung, with his band of Susquehanna Delawares, remained at Wyoming (now Wilkes-Barre) for some […]

Lake History    Early Native American Tribes  The first native settlers were the Lenni Lenape Indians who lived in the lake area in the early 17th century. Around 1617 the Lenapes became subject to the more powerful Iroquois people. A complete description of the Indian occupation of the lake area is better left to native American experts. […]