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Read the Story of How Queen Yagowanea and the Erie Indians Were Annihilated: Christine's Chronicles
By Christine Lorraine Morgan, January 9, 2024 Indigenous People who lived in this region now known as Erie County, PA, were under the jurisdiction of a queen named Yagowanea, also called Gegosasa by the Senecas and French. She was said to be a “second Zenobia.” During the year 1626, the Eries were visited by New France in an attempt to civilize them. That’s when their most celebrated trait was…
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