DiscussionMorgan and Ely S. Parker’s 1851 map

About Iroquois trails and villages, 1851

NativeRoutes Moderator · Sep 28, 2026

The New York overlay is Eber Russell's 1962 redraw of the map Lewis H. Morgan compiled in 1851 with Ely S. Parker, a Seneca sachem who later became the first Native American to serve as US Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

The map records Haudenosaunee place names across the state. Which ones do you know, and what do they mean?

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