Farther south were other nations who were to figure in the impending struggle.
The Wyandots of Sandusky Bay, at the south-west corner of Lake Erie, had about two hundred warriors, and were in alliance with the Senecas and Delawares.

Living near Detroit, they were able to assist in Pontiac's siege.
Directly south of these, along the Scioto, dwelt the Shawnees--the tribe which later gave birth to the great Tecumseh--with three hundred warriors.

East of the Shawnees, between the Muskingum and the Ohio, were the Delawares.

At one time this tribe had lived on both sides of the Delaware river in Pennsylvania and New York, and also in parts of New Jersey and Delaware.

They called themselves _Leni-Lenape_, real men; but were, nevertheless, conquered by the Iroquois, who 'made women' of them, depriving them of the right to declare war or sell land without permission.