Scahentoarrhonon Explained

The Scahentoarrhonon or Scahentowanenrhonon were a little-known indigenous people of North America originally from the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania,^[1] which they called Scahentowanen ('It is a very great plain').

History

Little is known of the Scahentoarrhonon. They were recorded in the Jesuit Relation for 1635.^[2] They appear to have been destroyed as a tribe by the Iroquois in 1652 during the Beaver Wars. Survivors may have been assimilated by one or more of the Five Nations.^[3]

Language

Scahentoarrhonon
Familycolor:	american
Fam1:	Iroquoian
Ethnicity:	Scahentoarrhonon
Extinct:	after 1652
Iso3:	none
Region:	Wyoming Valley
States:	United States

Scahentoarrhonon was an Iroquoian language, likely related to Susquehannock, Wendat, Erie and Wenrohronon.

External links

• The Massawomeck: Raiders and Traders into the Chesapeake Bay in the Seventeenth Century

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wenrohronon Tribe . Access Genealogy . 2013-07-14 . 2013-10-25.
2. Book: Jesuit Relations XIV . 1635 . 113 . October 11, 2022. "I am rejoiced to find that this language is common to some twelve other Nations, all settled and numerous; these are, the Conkhandeenrhonons, khionontaterrhonons, Atiouandaronks, Sonontoerrhonons, Onontaerrhonons, Oüioenrhonons, Onoiochrhonons, Agnierrhonons, Andastoerrhonons, Scahentoarrhonons, Rhiierrhonons, and Ahouenrochrhonons."
3. News: Hamilton . Chuck . Tennessee's Indians in the Historical Era - Part 3 of 5 . October 11, 2022 . Chattanoogan . May 18, 2013.