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Wenro

A small buffer people between the Neutral confederacy and the Seneca.

Dispersed in 1638 after losing Neutral protection; refugees absorbed by the Huron and Neutral.

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Moments from the Chronicle

• 1638 New Sweden founded Swedes build Fort Christina on the Delaware; the Wenro of New York disperse the same year.

Further reading

• Facing East from Indian Country Daniel K. Richter · 2001

  Native-centered history of the early eastern woodlands and the Iroquois dispersals that scattered small peoples like the Wenro (broad context, not Wenro-specific).

• The Middle Ground Richard White · 1991

  The refugee world that absorbed dispersed peoples such as the Wenro (broad regional context).

Sources

• Wenrohronon — Wikipedia