The Wenrohronon or Wenro were a little-known indigenous people

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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 of North America

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 originally from western New York

New York

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 and northwestern Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. They appear to have inhabited the upper Allegheny River

Allegheny River

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 valley, between the territories of the Seneca

Seneca nation

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 and the Neutrals

Neutral Nation

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. Along with the Neutral and Erie Nation

Erie (tribe)

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s, they were ultimately destroyed by the Iroquois

Iroquois

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 during the Beaver Wars

Beaver Wars

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, who assimilated some of the survivors into their own cultures, many being absorbed into the Seneca which inhabit the territory today.