- Scahentoarrhonon
The Scahentoarrhonon or Scahentowanenrhonon were a little-known indigenous people of
North America originally from theWyoming Valley ,Pennsylvania , which they called Scahentowanen ('It is a very great plain').History
Little is known of the Scahentoarrhonon. They are first encountered in the Jesuit Relation for 1635. They appear to have been destroyed as an entity by the
Iroquois in 1652; survivors may have been assimilated by one or more of the Five Nations.Language
Scahentoarrhonon was an
Iroquoian language and may have been related toSusquehannock ,Wyandot , Erie andWenrohronon .References
*http://www.southernhistory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=9472&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
*http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/wenrohronon/wenrohrononhist.htm
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