Native American 
Villages and Place Names

Bald Eagle Path - Named for a famous Munsee chief, called Woapalanne or "Bald Eagle"  

Bald Eagle Creek - This Creek was named for a famous Munsee chief, called Woapalanne or "Bald Eagle"

Canaserage (Muncy) - A Shawnee village which was located at present Muncy.  The  Iroquois treaties in the 1750's indicated that the lands of the West Branch were not to be settled by white settlers.  Settlers ignored the warnings causing much trouble and bloodshed.

Canoe Place (Emporium) - At this location, Native Americans ported their canoes about 20 miles in order to reach the headwaters of the Allegheny River, at another Canoe Place, now Port Allegheny.

Canoe Place (Port Allegheny) - At this location, Native Americans ported their canoes about 20 miles in order to reach the waters of the Sinnamahoning Creek, at another Canoe Place, now Emporium.

Mechekmenatey (Great Island or Lock Haven) - Many Indian paths originate from this Island which is located in the middle of the West Branch

Chillisquaque - A Shawnee village located at the mouth of the Chillisquaque Creek.  Name is a corruption of Chillilisuagi, or a "place of snow-birds".

Chinklacamoose (Clearfield) - Site of a former Indian village, at the site of Clearfield.  There are various stories of its name's origin.   One story has it as a corruption of "Achtschingi-clamme" meaning "it almost joins" in references to the streams at this point., another gives the meaning as " no one tarries here willingly", and another gives the meaning as "large laughing moose".  Early White traders gave the area the name Clearfield because of the clearings along the creek which were grazed by buffalo.

French Margaret's -

Frenchtown (Montoursville) -

Indian Spring -

Logan's Path -

Cawichnowane (Long Island or Jersey Shore) -

Mahanoy Path -

Mayentquaing (Young Woman's Town or North Bend) -

Neolegan's Cabins -

Nippenose Old Town -

Otstonwakin -

Penn's Creek Path -

Pine Creek Path -

Portage Path - This 20 mile path connected  the Sinnamahoning Path to the headwaters of the Allegheny. Native Americans ported their canoes over this path from Canoe Place at Emporium to another Canoe Place, now Port Allegheny.

Quenischaschacki -

Seshequin Path -

Shamokin (Sunbury) - This village was formerly located at the site of present Sunbury.  The name is said to be a corruption of "Schahamoki or "the place of eels".   The largest and most important village in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1756, were it was a center of Indian affairs.  Many paths stretched from here, including those that went up the West Branch, Pike Creek, Lycoming Creek, Muncy Creek and along the Bald Eagle Creek.

Shickellamy's Town -  

Sinnamahoning Creek - This tributary of the West Branch is named after a corruption of "Achsinni-mahon" or Stony Lick.

Sinnamahoning Path - This Indian Path originated at the Great Island at Lock Haven, running up the North side of the West Branch, then along the Northern shore of the Sinnamahoning, up the Driftwood Branch to Emporium.

Susquehanna River (West Branch) - It is believed the name is from a corruption of "Quenischachachgekhanne" or the "Long Reach River"  a name first given to the West Branch.   It is also possible early settlers heard the Indians call te river "Sisquehanna" which means muddy stream.

Tiquamingy -

Wapalanewchschiechey (Bald Eagle's Nest or Milesburg) - Named for a famous Munsee chief, called Bald Eagle or "Woapalanne".  His village, "Wapalanewchschiechey" or Bald Eagle's Nest, was situated on the flat at the junction of Spring Creek and Bald Eagle Creek, at the site of the present Milesburg.  Bald Eagle led attacks upon white settlements during the American Revolution and became a place of resort after the Revolution ended.