SUSQUEHANNA
$365.00
Long before the first building was seen in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, technology was creeping up the Susquehanna River at a steady, plodding pace. People had lived on the banks of the Susquehanna for a long time, but a few thousand years after the glaciers had retreated technology along the river seemed to stall. Then, in the early 1600`s, people from another continent brought new things to the river, and the pace of change quickened. Cloth, beads and metal started to change the world for the Susquehannocks.
The Indians living on the banks of the Susquehanna had developed a secure way of life and had adapted social changes to fit the land around them. They didn`t "need" another way of life, but they liked the pretty things brought up the river. Cloth was a favorite with all tribes. Colorful fabrics, rich and soft, became new clothing. Gleaming brass metal polished to a bright sheen was desirable as personal decoration. Axes saved time and energy.
These new things began the process of change that would lead to a world in which Indian villages would become archeological sites, and a way of life, developed over centuries, would become just a memory.
Today, as automobiles cross the river on bridges of steel and concrete, passengers only get to enjoy the river for a few seconds. A city of people live nearby, yet in spite of all the new things brought to the river and in spite of all the changes, relatively few people really experience the river. Few people touch it, hear it and smell it. Maybe today`s people are too busy longing for pretty clothes or dazzled by shiney metal or, using tools made of iron, spend their lives in other ways. "People" are ever changing water in the same river bed. We are the same people who have always lived along the Susquehanna.
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