The Eriez Indians were a group of Native Americans, related to the Iroquois, who lived pre-historically from western New York to northern Ohio on the south shore of Lake Erie. They were ultimately destroyed by the Iroquois, who adopted some of the survivors into their own group, these being primarily absorbed into the Senecas. A Sioux in traditional dress including war bonnet, circa 1908. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... State nickname: The Buckeye State Other U.S. States Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Governor Bob Taft (R) Official languages None Area 116,096 km² (34th)  - Land 106,154 km²  - Water 10,044 km² (8. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the worlds largest such lakes. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... The Seneca are a Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. ...

The name is a shortening of "Erielhonan," meaning "long tail." The Eriez were also called the "Cat" or the "Racoon" people. They lived in multi-family long houses in villages enclosed in palisades and grew the Three Sisters - corn, beans, and squash during the warm season. In the winter tribal members lived off the stored crops and animals slaughtered in the hunt. In archaeology and anthropology, a long house or longhouse is a type of long, narrow single room building built by peoples in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe and North America. ... Palisade and Moat A palisade is a Medieval wooden fence or wall of variable height, used as a defensive structure. ... The Three Sisters are the three main agricultural crops of Native Americans in North America: squash, maize (or corn), and climbing beans. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... This article is on the plant. ... Species - hubbard squash, buttercup squash - cushaw squash - butternut squash - most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash References: ITIS 22365 2002-11-06 Hortus Third Squashes are four species of the genus Cucurbita, also called pumpkins and marrows depending on variety or the nationality of the speaker. ... In many parts of the world, winter is associated with snow. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...

In the competition in the fur trade, the Eriez alienated the surrounding tribes by encroaching on their territories. They also angered their eastern neighbors, the League of the Iroquois, by accepting refugees from Huron villages that had been destroyed by the Iroquois. Though rumored to use poison tipped arrows, the Eriez were disadvantaged in armed conflict by having few firearms (If the Eriez used poison on their arrows, it would make them they only tribe in North America to do so). Commencing during the mid-1650s, the Eriez were in battle with their enemies, the Iroquois. As a result of this war, known as the Beaver Wars, the tribe no longer existed as a unit, but dispersed groups survived a few more decades before being absorbed into the Iroquois. It is said that some Eriez fled to the Carolinas. Members of other tribes also claimed later to be descended from refugees of this defunct culture. There are also members of the Seneca people in Oklahoma who still claim to be descended from the Eriez nation. The fur trade was a huge part in the early economic development of North America. ... Viewed historically or developmentally, a tribe consists of a social formation existing before the development of, or outside of, states. ... This article is about the First Nations people, the Wyandot, also known as the Huron. ... Some firearms A firearm is a kinetic energy mechanical device that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ... Oklahoma is a South Central state of the United States (with strong Southern, Western, and Midwestern influences) and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ...

The Eriez had little contact with Europeans. Only the Dutch fur traders from Fort Orange, now Albany, New York and during the Beaver Wars, Jesuit Missionaries in Canada, made contact. What little we know about them historically is derived from legends, archaeology, and comparisons with other Iroquoian people. Fort Orange (also Fort Oranje or Fort Oranije) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New York. ... New York State Capitol Building, completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most expensive government building of its time. ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ...

See also

• Neutral Indians.

This group was called the Attawandaron by the Hurons, meaning people of a slightly different language. Their territory was almost entirely in southern Ontario, save for three or four villages to the east, across the Niagara River in New York State; their western border was about Lake St. ...

External links

• Eriez indians
• Quebec History source
• Geneaology source and history
• Encylopedia of North American Indians