Perry Co. Pennsylvania

I found this interesting:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~paperry/perry_indians.htm

Here is a part of the page:

Over the years, Indian arrowheads have been found along Sherman’s Creek in New Germantown, Blain, Millerstown and Duncan’s Island, as well as many other places in and around Perry County.

It is recorded in the provincial records that the area known today as Perry County was of great importance to the Indians. It was a famous hunting ground.

One of the earliest records of Indians in Pennsylvania is the “Jesuit Relations of 1659”. It tells of a ten-year war between the Mohawks and the Pennsylvania Indians. By the end of the war, the Mohawks were nearly wiped out.

Captain John Smith, of Virginia, gives one of the first descriptions of Pennsylvania Indians. Chief Powhatan had told him about a mighty nation (in Pennsylvania) that “did eat men”. Smith stated, “Many kingdoms he described to me to the head of the bay, which seemed to be a mighty river, issuing from mighty mountains betwixt two seas.” Captain Smith was able to locate an Indian that understood Powhatan’s language. Smith asked to meet other Indians; the Indian returned with sixty other Indians, which Smith described as “gyant like people.” From a description given by the Indians, one of the oldest maps of the inland regions of Pennsylvania was drawn. Five Indian towns were included on the map. The 2nd lowest down was called “Attaock”– which corresponds with the Juniata; perhaps the village later known as Juniata, on Duncan’s Island. These Indians were reportedly of the “Andaste tribes”, who used the dialects of the “throat-speaking Iroquois.” The Iroquois used no lip sounds, they spoke from the throat with an open mouth. Smith described their voices as “hellish”. Captain Smith found that the natives were fearful of the “great water men”, who regularly dwelt along the Potomac and Susquehanna. He reportedly met 7 canoe loads of these men, but was unable to understand any of their language.