Editing Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (section)

===Early history===
The name ''[[Nanticoke people|Nanticoke]]'' was derived from Nentego ("tidewater people"), an Algonquian-speaking [[Nanticoke people|Native American people]] who moved to the [[Wyoming Valley]] when their [[Chesapeake Bay]] homelands were spoiled for hunting by the [[Europe]]an settlers.<ref>Pritzker, pp. 440</ref> For quite some time, the tribe maintained a village in the valley before Europeans settled there. The nearby [[Nanticoke Creek]], also named after the tribe, was once known as Muddy Run. However, its current name was appearing on maps as early as 1776. The creek has also historically been referred to by many other names, including Lee's Creek, Miller's Creek, Robbins Creek, Bobbs Creek, Rummage Creek, and Warrior Run Creek.<ref name = "bradsby">{{Citation|editor = Henry C. Bradsby|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4BkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA606|title = History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: With ..., Volume 1|pages = 468, 570, 606, 612|year = 1893}}</ref> All of these names were described as erroneous in Henry C. Bradsby's 1893 book ''History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania''.<ref name = "bradsby"/>

A forge was constructed on Nanticoke Creek in 1778 by Mason F. Alden and John Alden. During that same year, a log [[gristmill]] was also built near the creek by a Mr. Chapman. The mill was heavily guarded in 1780. By 1793, a [[sawmill]] and gristmill both existed on the creek.<ref name = "bradsby"/>