The Finger Lakes of central New York occupy deep north-south valleys amid gently rolling hills, and from east to west they are Skaneateles, Owasco, Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka, and Canandaigua. This region was the home of the Cayuga and Seneca Indians of the Six Nations, whose lands were devastated by the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition of 1779. After the Revolution, the area was opened for settlement, and in 1788 Jemima Wilkinson, the "Publick Universal Friend," brought followers who accepted her ideas of celibacy and communal living. After 1830, with the linking of Cayuga and Seneca Lakes with the Erie Canal, population grew and industry flourished. In 1908 Glenn H. Curtiss of Hammondsport pioneered in the flying of airplanes. Fertile lands and natural resources developed important products: salt is manufactured from brine pumped from wells on the shore of Seneca Lake, and good soil and gentle winds have made the region outstanding for growing grapes used to produce champagne and other fine wines.