Lower Chanceford Township near Airville in York County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Indian Steps Cabin
1912
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
1. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
Inscription.
Indian Steps Cabin. I entreat all who pass this way to safely guard and preserve these former possessions of, and monuments to, an ancient Indian people.
John Edward Vandersloot, owner and builder.
I entreat all who pass this way to safely guard and preserve these former possessions of, and monuments to, an ancient Indian people.
Location. 39° 51.805′ N, 76° 22.528′ W. Marker is near Airville, Pennsylvania, in York County. It is in Lower Chanceford Township. Marker can be reached from Indian Steps Road, 0.7 miles south of Furnace Road (Pennsylvania Route 425), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 205 Indian Steps Rd, Airville PA 17302, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
2. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
Indian Steps Museum
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
3. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
Facing from Museum front toward the Susquehanna River.
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
4. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
[left stone, on left of building] 1765 Indians
departed to west
[middle stone] Delawares or
Lenni Lenapes
[right stone] Shawanese
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
5. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
[left stone, on front left of building] Six Nations
Mohawks Onondagas Oneidas Senecas
Cayugas Tuscaroras
[right stone] Potomok
Canawese or Conois
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
6. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
[left stone, on front right of building] Susquehannocks
Conestogas or Mingoes
[right stone] Tutelues Tucwachs or
Nanticokes
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
7. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
[left stone, 1st of 4 on right side of building]
Algonquin
[right stone, 2nd of 4 on right side of building]
Huron Iriquois
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
8. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
[3rd of 4 stones on right side of building]
Lenni Lenape or original people
Powhatan Confederacy
Cherokees --- Katawbas
Natchez --- Uchees --- Mobilian
Cowetas --- Woccons
Muskogees or --- Manahoks
Creeks --- Menacans
Apalachians --- Pamlicoes
Choctaws --- Corees
Chickasaws --- Cheraws
Quapaws --- Santees
Dakotas or --- Yamassees
Sioux --- Seminoles Timucuas
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., April 9, 2021
9. Indian Steps Cabin Marker
[4th of 4 stones on right side of building]
Alligewi
Mencwe, Maquas, Mingoes, Iroquois
or Five Nations Eries --- Andastes
Miamies or Twightwees Wyandots --- Ottawas
Piankashaws --- Knisteneauk
Pottowatomies --- Pennacooks
Kickapoos --- Abenakis
Weas --- Narragansetts
Chippewas or Ojibwas --- Wampanoags
Illinois --- Pequods
Winnebagoes --- Pawtuckets
Menominee --- Mohegans
Sacs & Foxes --- Minsi
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on April 13, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. 7, 8, 9. submitted on April 13, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.