Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
<p>Matters thus stood when GW arrived in Philadelphia and dined with state leaders. The president realized how important Seneca friendliness was to the administration's policy of punishing and pacifying the hostile nations of the Northwest. He was also aware that Cornplanter (Garganwahgah, John O'Bail; c.1732–1836), an important metis leader of the Seneca, as well as other leaders of the crumbling Iroquois confederacy, was under increasing pressure from the British at Niagara and emissaries of the Delaware, Shawnee, and Wyandot to support the northwestern tribes in their fight against the Americans in the Ohio Valley. GW therefore assumed control of appeasing the wronged Seneca and appointed Timothy Pickering as a federal agent to work with the men appointed by state authorities.</p>
<p>Gender: Man; Born:
1753, Avon, Livingston County, New York, United States; Died: Thursday, 18ᵗʰ February, 1836; Occupation: Indian Chief, Farmer Landowner; Activities: Received letter from FF</p>
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John Abeel III (born between 1732 and 1746, Canawaugus (now part of Caledonia), NYk–d. February 18, 1836, Cornplanter Tract, PA); also known as Gaiänt'wakê (Gyantwachia - ″the planter″), or Kaiiontwa'kon (Kaintwakon - "By What One Plants") in the Seneca language, and thus generally known as Cornplanter; Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan; son of a Seneca woman, Gah-hon-no-neh (She Who Goes to the River) and a Dutch trader, Johannes "John" Abeel II; first became known as war chief of the Seneca when they allied with the French against the English during the French and Indian War; During the American Revolution Cornplanter joined forces with the Loyalist Lt. Colonel John Butler at the 1778 Battle of Wyoming Valley; After the British lost the War, Cornplanter recognized the need for a positive diplomatic relationship with the new government, He became a negotiator in disputes between the new "Americans" and the Seneca, as well as other indigenous tribes, He was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784), also participated in later meetings with both presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; Became dissillusioned with American government; federal government gave Cornplanter a grant of 1,500 acres in Pennsylvania in 1796 allotting it to him and his heirs "forever", By 1798, 400 Seneca lived on the land, which was called the Cornplanter Tract or Cornplanter Grant, government tried to levy taxes but it was eventually exempt
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Name Entry: Kaiiontwa'kon, 1732?-1836
Name Entry: Gaiant'wake, 1732?-1836
Name Entry: Gaiänt'wakê, 1732?-1836
Place: Canawaugus
Place: Cornplanter (historical)
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Name Entry: Abeel, John III, 1732?-1836
