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The Chesapeake Bay—which received its name from an unknown Algonkian tribe—means “great shellfish bay.” The names of many of the rivers and creeks in the Chesapeake watershed are of Native American origin. Can you match up the waterways listed here with their Native American definition? The parentheses after each definition contain the name of the tribe that is believed to have given the river, creek or lake its name.
1. Antietam Creek
2. Chenango River
3. Choptank River
4. Conestoga River
5. Conodoguinet Creek
6. Juniata River
7. Manokin River
8. Mattawoman Creek
9. Nanticoke River
10. Octoraro Creek
11. Otsego Lake
12. Patapsco River
13. Patuxent River
14. Potomac River
15. Rappahannock River
16. Susquehanna River
17. Towanda Creek
18. Wicomico River
A. At the place of the immersed pole (Susquehannock)
B. At the rocky point or outcrop (Conoy/Piscataway)
C. At the little falls or rapids (Piscataway)
D. Bull thistles (Oneida)
E. Earth is dug out (Pocomoke)
F. For a long way nothing but bends (Delaware)
G. It flows back strongly (the tribe shares its name with the river)
H. It is covered with water (Tuscarora)
I. Long reach river (Delaware)
J. Place of greeting (Mohawk)
K. Pleasant dwelling or village (Nanticoke)
L. Projecting rock or Standing stone (Seneca)
M. Quick rising river (source not given)
N. Something brought (Powhatan)
O. Swift water (Conoy/Piscataway)
P. Tidewater people (Delaware)
Q. Where one goes pleasantly (Piscataway)
R. Where we bury the dead (Nanticoke)
Answers to Which Waterway?
1-O 2-D 3-G 4-A 5-F 6-L 7-E 8-Q 9-P 10-H 11-J 12-B 13-C 14-N 15-M 16-I 17-R 18-K
