 They also were very resourceful and constructed canoes made out of birch bark found on the peninsula.The Eriez (a shorter name for the Erielhonan) were ultimately destroyed by the Iroquois in 1654, who adopted some of the survivors into their own group, these being primarily absorbed into the Senecas.Another legend tells us that the Eriez ventured into Lake Erie in search of the land where the sun set.