Seneca petition, 1790.

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Seneca petition, 1790.

1790

https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911125400602121

Manuscript petition "To the great Council of the 13 Fires," December 31, 1790, from Cornplanter, Half Town, and Great Tree, Chief and Counsellors of the Seneca Nation, signed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; discussing the mistreatment of the Indians and the terms agreed upon in previous treaties.

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Great tree, Seneca.

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Half-Town, Seneca chief

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Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836

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Cornplanter (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), was a Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In both wars, the Seneca and three other Iroquois nations were allied with the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). He helped gain Iroquois neutrality during the Northwest Indian War. ...