FDI - Erie

The Erie were a sedentary hunter/farmer nation. They occupied eastern Ohio from the western end of Lake Erie southwest of the Ohio River, and parts of northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York. The Erie were annihilated by their close relatives the Iroquois during the Beaver Wars, largely for giving refuge to the Huron and Neutrals who were likewise defeated by the Iroquois. Many Erie remnants were incorporated into the Wyandot and Seneca and some descendents are today among the Wyandot and Seneca in Oklahoma.

Aboriginal Locations (Known sub-groups)

NY, OH, PA: There are expected to be numerous sub-divisions but only three names have been preserved: Kentaientonga (Gentaguehronon, Gentaienton, Gentaguetehronnon), Honniasont (Black Minqua, Honniasontkeronon, Oniassontke), and Rigué (Arrigahaga, Rigueronnon, Rique, Riquehronnon)

Year	*History*
1615	Etienne Brule met a group of Erie near Niagara Falls, the nation's only encounter with Europeans; Erie part of a three way alliance including the Neutrals and Wenro against the Iroquois, may have also been allied with the Susquehannock, their trading partners
1635	A war with an unknown Algonquian enemy forced Erie to abandon some of their eastern villages
1648	Alliance with Neutrals ended when Erie refused to support the Neutrals in war with the Iroquois
1651	Erie accepted thousands of Huron and Neutrals refugees from war with the Iroquois but Erie did not treat refugees well; nonetheless, Erie refused to give up refugees to demanding Iroquois
1653	Erie killed a Seneca sachem during a raid into Seneca homeland; Erie killed and Onondaga during a peace conference resulting in Iroquois killing all 30 Erie delegates, war ensued after Iroquois made peace with French
1654	Western Iroquois, taking heavy losses, attacked and destroyed two fortified Erie villages
1656	Erie totally defeated, many were adopted into the Seneca
1662	Susquenannock indicated there were 800 Honniasont (Erie sub-tribe) warriors who would join them against the Iroquois but they were gone by 1680
1680	Last small group of Erie surrendered to the Iroquois in southern Pennsylvania

*Ethnie:*	Erie
*Dialects (Speakers):*	Erie (0)
*Language:*	Huron
*Family:*	Northern Iroquoian
*Stock:*	Iroquoian
*Phylum:*	Macro-Siouan
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands

Year	Total Population	NY	OH	PA	Source
1653	14,500	3,500	9,500	1,500	Hewitt estimate
1653	4,000				Mooney estimate
1700	0				NAHDB calculation
1800	0				NAHDB calculation
1900	0				NAHDB calculation
2000	0				NAHDB calculation