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These were the westernmost and largest of the F ive N ations . Of the I roquois C onfederacy , they were the least attached to the English, and many fought with the French in the S even Y ears ' W ar and in P ontiac's W ar . By 1775, they numbered over 4,000, almost half the Iroquois. They inhabited all of N.Y. west of Elmira, but many also lived along the Allegheny River in Pa. and along the Ohio, where they were known as Mingos. Senecas fought for Britain in the R evolutionary W ar and lost their villages in S ullivan's and B rodhead's campaigns ; so many lost their lives or moved to Canada, that just 1,800 inhabited N.Y. by 1797 and their reservations covered only 310 square miles. They now possess four reservations in N.Y. and one in Okla., and share the Iroquois Confederacy tract at Oshweken, Ontario. ... log in or subscribe to read full text