Guyasuta, ca. 1720-ca. 1795.
Seneca chief generally regarded as having made sincere efforts to prevent warfare.
A participant in the peace conferences at Montreal, Fort Pitt, and Fort Stanwix, Guyasuta was initially neutral during the Revolutionary War, and then a reluctant supporter of the British. After the conflict Gayashuta resided near Fort Pitt; by 1790 he was destitute.
From the description of Speech of Gayashuta an ancient chief of the Seneca Nation on the borders of Pennsylvania : as given in charge by him to one of the Sachems of that nation ... to be delivered to the Friends of Philadelphia, 1790. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37869210
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Birth 1720
Death 1795
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