The Haudenosaunee people during another winter (1914). Some are Senecas from the Cattaraugus reservation. Several may be from a touring company. The worst winter was 1779, when hundreds of refugees perished outside Ft. Niagara in Sullivan/ Clinton’s wake. (Copyright, Wm. A. Drennan, Buffalo.)
Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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Simeon DeWitt Central NY Military Tract
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