Chianouske

Chianouske is a historical name recorded for the Scioto River, which flows south through the woodlands and valleys of the Ohio country to join the Ohio River. The river and its tributaries connected inhabited lands and routes through the interior.

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, wars, epidemics and migration changed the communities of the wider Ohio country. Indigenous peoples maintained towns, fields and hunting grounds while European traders entered their networks of exchange. French and British rivalry brought further conflict, and Britain claimed the region after the war that ended in 1763.