BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:American Indian Towns of Sussex County\, Delaware BEGIN:VEVENT UID:187472023-10-14 DTSTART:20231014T170000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231014T180000Z LOCATION:11 South East Front Street\nMilford Delaware 19963 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=11 South East Front Street\ nMilford Delaware 19963;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=11 South East Front Stre et:geo:38.912734,-75.427497 GEO:38.912734;-75.427497 SUMMARY:American Indian Towns of Sussex County\, Delaware CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, October 14\, 2023\, at 1:00 p.m. the Milford Muse um will\ncontinue its American History Series at the Milford Public Librar y\nwith a program titled American Indian Towns of Sussex County\,\nDelawar e. Presented by archaeologist Daniel R. Griffith\, this program\nwill focu s on the land in what is known today as Sussex County and how\nit was cont ested by competing English\, Dutch\, and Swedish colonies as\nwell as siza ble and influential communities of American Indians. Among\nthe topics cov ered will be the archival and archaeological research\nthat Griffith’s t eam used to find the location of significant\nAmerican Indian towns in Sus sex County. This research was based on\nCaptain John Smith's three-day voy age up the Nanticoke River in June\n1608 as well as English and Dutch reco rds of Indian communities.\nSmith's map and writings showed three Indian t owns: Nause\, Nantiquack\n(now known as the Nanticoke) and Kuskarawaok or King's Town (where\nIndian leadership lived). Extensive archaeological sur veys along\nhistoric maps and accounts have also revealed relevant sites i n the\nLewes area\, where the Siconese and their town of Checonesseck were \nlocated.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

On Saturday\, October 14\, 2023\, at 1:00 p .m. the Milford Museum will continue its American History Series at the Mi lford Public Library with a program titled American Indian Towns of Sussex County\, Delaware. Presented by archaeologist Daniel R. Griffith\, this p rogram will focus on the land in what is known today as Sussex County and how it was contested by competing English\, Dutch\, and Swedish colonies a s well as sizable and influential communities of American Indians. Among t he topics covered will be the archival and archaeological research that Gr iffith&rsquo\;s team used to find the location of significant American Ind ian towns in Sussex County. This research was based on Captain John Smith& #39\;s three-day voyage up the Nanticoke River in June 1608 as well as Eng lish and Dutch records of Indian communities. Smith'\;s map and writing s showed three Indian towns: Nause\, Nantiquack (now known as the Nanticok e) and Kuskarawaok or King'\;s Town (where Indian leadership lived). Ex tensive archaeological surveys along historic maps and accounts have also revealed relevant sites in the Lewes area\, where the Siconese and their t own of Checonesseck were located.

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