Scahentowanen

Scahentowanen, “the great plain”, is a name associated with the Wyoming Valley of the Susquehanna. The river winds through a broad lowland enclosed by the long ridges of the Appalachians. Two palisaded village sites across the river from Wilkes-Barre date from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The Scahentoarrhonon, an Iroquoian-speaking people mentioned in French accounts, have also been associated with this part of the Susquehanna country.