AREA HISTORY:  Indian Relics, Conewago Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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INDIAN RELICS – Page 681

The fertile and alluvial flats along the Conewago Creek were favorite resorts for 
the red man, especially parts of the tribes of the Conoys and Shawanese, who were 
numerous near the mouth of the stream and on the opposite side of the 
Susquehanna.  In company with George Ensminger, the writer found evident traces 
of an Indian burying ground near Green Spring.  Along the Conewago, Indian pipes, 
scalping knives, tomahawks, spear points and arrow heads were discovered.  On the 
land of Barnhart Zorger, near Strinestown, perfect arrow heads were found and 
close by were piles of spauls of dolerite, the same kind of stone as the arrow 
heads, showing that here they made arrows from the rough stone.  This was the 
site of an Indian village.