Wetlands Nature Area

Great Warriors' Path

Although the name of this trail suggests otherwise, it was the path taken by members of the Iroquois Nation to "brighten the chain of friendship" with their brothers to the south.

At Tioga, Pa., this trail was fed by other Native American "highways" from all parts of the Iroquois' homeland. It passed Indian settlements in Mocanaqua and Nescopeck as well as their fields and random camp sites.

The Great Warriors' Path passed by the towns of Berwick, Bloomsburg and Danville, finally ending in the Shamokin area where there were a number of offshoots.

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