Wenrohronon

Wenrohronon

The Wenrohronon or Wenro were a little-known indigenous people of North America originally from western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. They appear to have inhabited the upper Allegheny River valley, between the territories of the Seneca and the Neutrals.

Language

Wenrohronon was an Iroquoian language and may have been related to Susquehannock, Wyandot, Erie and Scahentoarrhonon.

References

*http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/wenrohronon/wenrohrononhist.htm


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