Susquehannas (1985)
by Eric Stokes
I. Nostrum
1. a pet scheme for the solution of some problem;
2. from the Latin, “on our own” (i.e., invented and made by the seller, especially in reference to patent medicines).
II. Buffalo Bones … all the way to Medicine Hat.
III. Whangdoodles
1. mythical creatures of ill-defined characteristics, sometimes noisy, mischievous or nocturnal;
2. apprehensions resulting from the believed perception of such creatures.
The title of Susquehannas refers in part to the convergence of streams like Cherry Valley, Lick-Run, Tunkhannock, Hop Bottom, and Tuscarora in the Eastern mountains. The early people who lived along those banks called themselves the Susquehanna.
