Wenro
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Wenro |
| Ethnie: | WENRO (WENROHRONOM) |
| Language: | Huron |
| Family: | Northern Iroquoian |
| Stock: | Iroquoian |
| Phylum: | Macro-Siouan |
| Macro-Culture: | Eastern Woodlands |
| The Wenro were a small hunter/farmer nation allied with the Erie and Neutrals which provided protection for the smaller nation from the Iroquois. They occupied the area of the oil spring about present Cuba, New York. They finally took refuge from the Iroquois with the Huron and Neutrals, who's ultimate fate they shared. |
| Aboriginal Locations (Subdivisions) |
| NY 1 |
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| Year | History |
| 1639 | Alliance with the Erie and Neutrals terminated for unknown reasons and were quickly overrun by the Iroquois; some joined Neutrals and Huropn, though one band remained east of the Niagara River and continued to fight the Iroquois |
| 1643 | Reaming band joined Neutrals due to continuing conflicts with the Iroquois |
| Year | Total Population | Source | |
| 1600 | 1,600 | Hewitt estimate | |
| 1700 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1800 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1900 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Erie, Huron, Neutrals |
| Wenro Sites: |
| Wenro Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t230 |
| Wenro History http://www.dickshovel.com/wenro.html |
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