Seneca Indians
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Nanodot
N 43° 00.886 W 077° 28.809
18T E 297891 N 4765439
Posted at a "turnout" along route I-90. Very near the border between Ontario and Monroe Counties.
Waymark Code: WM21WD
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2007
Views: 46
The Seneca Indians. “Keepers of the Western Door.” Occupied this area since the formation of the Iroquois confederacy about 1550. Most numerous and most warlike of the Six Nations, they for a time dominated the tribes northward into Canada and southward into Pennsylvania. Although the Confederacy was allied with the English, the Senecas turned against them in Pontiac’s uprising of 1763. During the Revolution they sided with the British and joined in Tory raids on the New York frontier. For this they were punished and driven back by the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition of 1779.
After the Revolution the Senecas were dispersed; some settled in Canada, while others remained later to occupy the Allegany and Cattaraugus reservations. Land speculators had carved up Western New York, and by the treaties of Fort Stanwix 1784 and Big Tree (Geneseo) 1797, Indian claims were extinguished. Chiefs Cornplanter (1732-1836), Red Jacket (1758-1830) and Farmer’s Brother (1730-1814) obtained reservations for their people, where Indian society and culture were continued. Handsome lake (1735-1815), the half-brother of Cornplanter, became the prophet of a regenerated Indian “religion,” which still has many followers.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STATE OF NEW YORK 1965 N.Y.S. THRUWAY AUTHORITY
Marker Name: Seneca Indians
Marker Type: Roadside
Agency: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Dedication Date: -9223372036854775808
City/Town/Village Name: Fishers
County: Ontario
Region: Finger Lakes (Region 3)
Website: Not listed
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