Chief Cornplanter (Gaiänt’wakê) Seneca Chief from 1754 - 1836Was a famous war chief of the Seneca du
Chief Cornplanter (Gaiänt’wakê) Seneca Chief from 1754 - 1836Was a famous war chief of the Seneca during the French and Indian War. During the Revolutionary War he was appointed one of two war chiefs for the Iroquois Confederacy, who were allied with the British. His most famous legacy, however, is not as a warrior but as a diplomat. After the Revolutionary War he negotiated the Treaty of Fort Stanwix of 1784 which recognized Iroquois sovereignty. He even traveled to Philadelphia where he met George Washington and Gov. Thomas Mifflin were he made a speech detailing Seneca grievances against the US Government.In 1797 he was granted 1,500 acres of land along the Allegheny River for him and his heirs “forever”. He died in 1836 but a prosperous Seneca community grew in his stead. Unfortunately his land was flooded with the erection of the Kinzua Dam in 1965, forcing the Seneca who lived on the tract to relocate. -- source link
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