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===Native Americans=== The first known group of people to inhabit the Ohiopyle area were the [[Monongahela tribe|Monongahela]], a clan of the [[Mound builder (people)|Mound Builders]]. These [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] disappeared from the scene just as European colonists were beginning to arrive in [[North America]]. As the east coast was settled, the Native Americans who lived closer to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] were exterminated or forced to flee to the west. Various tribes inhabited the Ohiopyle area at this time, preceding their ultimate removal following the [[French and Indian War]]. One of the few remnants of American Indian culture that can be found in the area is in the name. "Ohiopyle" is derived from the [[Unami language|Lenape]] phrase ''{{lang|unm|ahi opihəle}}'' which means 'it turns very white',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=58 |title=ahi |work=Lenape Talking Dictionary |access-date=2011-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083509/http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=58 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=8009 |title=òpihële |work=Lenape Talking Dictionary |access-date=2011-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083516/http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=8009 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> referring to the frothy waterfalls.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Russell |first=Erret |year=1885 |title=Indian Geographical Names |journal=The Magazine of Western History |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=53–59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2oKAQAAMAAJ |access-date=2011-10-21 }}</ref>
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