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Cornplanter

c. 1750–1836 · 19th century · Also known as Gaiant'wake

Cornplanter was a Seneca war chief who fought on the British side in the American War of Independence and later sought peace with the United States. He took part in the treaties of the 1780s and 1790s and was granted land in Pennsylvania, where his descendants lived until the Kinzua Dam flooded it. He was a half-brother of the prophet Handsome Lake.

Cornplanter
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Seneca Nation

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cornplanter. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cornplanter
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