New York Indian Tribes
Bands of two of the main
divisions of the Delaware Indians, the Munsee and Unami, extended into parts of New York
State, including the island of Manhattan. (See
New Jersey.)
The Erie occupied parts of
Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties. (See Ohio.)
From Algonkin Irinakhoiw, "real adders," with
the French suffix -ois. See
Iroquois Location
The name means "wolf." This tribe
is not to be confused with the Mohegan of Connecticut (q. v.), though the names
are mere varieties of the same word. See
Mahican Location
See
Connecticut
Meaning "uncertain." See
Montauk Tribe
So called by the French because they
remained neutral during the later wars between the
Iroquois and Huron. See
Neutrals
Location
Some
years after leaving Fort Christanna,
Va., the Saponi settled among the Iroquois and were formally adopted by
the Cayuga tribe in 1753. (See Virginia.)
After
their defeat in the Tuscarora War, 1712-13, bands of
this tribe began moving north and in course of time the
majority settled in New York so that the Iroquois came
to be known afterwards as the "Six Nations" instead of
the "Five Nations." (See
North Carolina.)
The Tutelo accompanied the Saponi
from Virginia an were adopted by the Cayuga at the same time. (See
Virginia.)
From the same root as Abnaki and
Wampanoag, an meaning "Easterners" See
Wappinger Location
Probably meaning "The people or
tribe of the place of floating scum," from the famous oil spring of the town of
Cuba, Allegany County.
Connections. The
Wenrohronon belonged to the Iroquoian linguistic stock. Their closest
affiliations were probably with the Neutral Nation, which part of them
finally joined, and with the Erie, who bounded them on the west.
Location. Probably
originally, as indicated in the explanation of their name, about the oil
spring at Cuba, N. Y. (See also Pennsylvania.)
History. The Wenrohronon
maintained themselves for a long time in the above territory, thanks to an
alliance with the Neutral Nation, but when the protection of the latter
was withdrawn, they left their country in 1639 and took refuge among the
Hurons and the main body of the Neutrals, whose fate they shared.
Population. Before their
decline Hewitt (in Hodge, 1910) estimates the Wenrohronon at between 1,200
and 2,000. Those who sought refuge with the Hurons in 1639 numbered more
than 600.
Connection in which they have
become noted. The Wenrohronon are noted merely on account of their
association with the oil spring above mentioned.
Additional Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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