My main goal for today was to drive to Buffalo. The interstates in western Pennsylvania are not as crowded as on the east coast, so this went much smoother. There was still quite a bit of foliage in this part of the state. Part of the road goes by active farms, and I certainly smelled it. I still had some time available to see things. The first was the Seneca Nation of Indians. They are the westernmost member of the famous Iroquois Confederacy. In their own language, their name translates as "Keepers of the Western Door". They once occupied an area covering most of western New York State. How and why they lost it is part of what I came here to find out. Seneca-Iroquois National Museum These days, far more people come to the res
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