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Jun 28, 1451
The first pre-contact solar eclipse in Seneca country
The first pre-contact solar eclipse in Seneca country occurred June 28, 1451 -
iroquois war 17th centuries
this is when iroquois warriors surprised enemy tribe while they were in the fieds -
Confederacy's body of law was adopted by the Senecas on August 31, 1142.
Using a combination of documentary sources, solar eclipse data, and Iroquois oral history, Mann and Fields assert that the Iroquois Confederacy's body of law was adopted by the Senecas on August 31, 1142.