European diseases such as smallpox, measles, influenza, lung infections, and even the common cold took a heavy toll on #Iroquois since they had developed no immunity and knew no cures.

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In 1831 some Seneca and Cayuga moved to #Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) as part of the federal removal effort; other #Iroquois factions held their ground until the policy was overturned in 1842 and ownership of some of the Seneca land was restored.

As the years passed, Quakers, Baptists, Methodists, and an interdenominational Protestant group called the New York Missionary Society joined the effort of proselytizing the #Iroquois

Although the Haudenosaunee's bond to the land remains, most no longer live as farmers. Census data from 1980 show that two-thirds of the #Iroquois people lived in urban areas

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After the Revolutionary war, American retaliatory raids destroyed #Iroquois towns and crops, and drove the people from their homelands.