Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Wenrohronon or Wenro were a little-known Iroquoian language-speaking indigenous people of North America, originally residing in present-day 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.The Wenro were discovered by Franciscan missionary Joseph de La Roche Daillon in 1627 at the site of Oil Springs. Dallion noted the tribe's use of crude petroleum (then a largely unknown substance) as an alleged medicine, a possible factor in the tribe's eventual demise. Along with the Neutral and Erie Nations, they were ultimately destroyed by the Iroquois nations during the Beaver Wars, and were assimilated into the victorious nations. Many were absorbed into the Seneca, who inhabit the territory today. Remaining survivors were exiled into Huron territory.. }
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- Wenrohronon abstract "The Wenrohronon or Wenro were a little-known Iroquoian language-speaking indigenous people of North America, originally residing in present-day 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.The Wenro were discovered by Franciscan missionary Joseph de La Roche Daillon in 1627 at the site of Oil Springs. Dallion noted the tribe's use of crude petroleum (then a largely unknown substance) as an alleged medicine, a possible factor in the tribe's eventual demise. Along with the Neutral and Erie Nations, they were ultimately destroyed by the Iroquois nations during the Beaver Wars, and were assimilated into the victorious nations. Many were absorbed into the Seneca, who inhabit the territory today. Remaining survivors were exiled into Huron territory.".