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The name of that particular native tribe was recorded in many different ways by early English explorers: Susquehanna, Susquehannock, Sasquesahannough and many more versions. The name appears to be from one of the Virginia Algonquian languages, but the tribe itself was not Algonquian but Iroquoian.

It is clear from this that Susquehannock was not the real name of the tribe, but a name for them used by their Algonquian neighbours. In the Powhatan word lists recorded by John Smith and others, suckquohana means simply water; the version susquesahannough may mean people of the waterfall, or muddy water people.

Our modern knowledge of the Powhatan language is insufficient to confirm or deny these translations.

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