where the seneca indians lived?
New York
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 The Seneca allowed very few travelers to pass through the area and kept non @-@ native settlement to a minimum . The French and Indian War ( 1754 – 1763 ) led to the migration of many Native Americans westward to the Ohio River basin , and more departed after the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 – 1783 ) . The United States acquired the Last Purchase , including what is now Cherry Springs State Park , from the Iroquois in the second Treaty of Fort Stanwix in October 1784 . In the years that followed , Native Americans almost entirely left Pennsylvania . 

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 The Seneca , members of the Iroquois Confederacy , were inhabitants in the area of Black Moshannon Lake , which was a series of beaver ponds at the time . They and other Native Americans , including the Lenape , hunted , fished , and traded in the region . The Great Shamokin Path , the major native east – west path connecting the Susquehanna and Allegheny River basins , crossed Black Moshannon Creek at a ford a few miles downstream from the park ; however , no trails of the indigenous peoples are recorded as having passed through the park itself . The park 's 1 @-@ mile ( 1 @.@ 6 km ) Indian Trail for hiking and cross @-@ country skiing recalls such native paths as it runs through an open forest of oak and pine trees , with occasional clearings and a grove of hawthorns . 

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 The Mohawk are one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League . At the time of the American Revolutionary War , they lived primarily in the Mohawk River valley in what is now upstate New York . At some point , either before or after her birth , Molly 's family moved west to the Ohio Country , which was used as an Iroquois hunting ground . 

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 The Iroquois signed the Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1768 , ceding the lands south of the Ohio to the British . European expansion into the upper Ohio valley increased . An estimated 4 @,@ 000 to 5 @,@ 000 families settled in western Pennsylvania between 1768 and 1770 . Of these settlers , about a third were English , a third were Scotch @-@ Irish , and the rest were Welsh , German and others . These groups tended to settle together in small farming communities , but often their households were not within hailing distance . The life of a settler family was one of relentless hard work : clearing the forest , stumping the fields , building cabins and barns , planting , weeding , and harvesting . In addition , almost everything was manufactured by hand , including furniture , tools , candles , buttons , and needles . Settlers had to deal with harsh winters , and with snakes , black bears , mountain lions , and timber wolves . Because of the fear of raids by Native Americans , the settlers often built their cabins near , or even on top of , springs , to ensure access to water . They also built blockhouses , where neighbors would rally during conflicts . 

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 The Seneca brought suit in the Circuit Court of Erie County , New York on October 13 , 1885 . The Seneca requested the ejectment of Harrison B. Christy from 100 acres of land in the town of Brant , New York ( purchased from the Ogden Land Company ) , known as the " mile strip . " These lands were formerly part of the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation , as established by the New York Treaty of Big Tree ( 1797 ) . 
