Chief Cornplanter, portrait by Frederick Bartoli, 1796
Seneca leader
Succeeded by
Edward Cornplanter
Personal details
Born
about 1752 Canawaugus (now part of Caledonia, Livingston, New York
Died
1836 Cornplanter Tract, Warren, Pennsylvania
Resting place
Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Relations
Handsome Lake (half-brother) Guyasutha (uncle). Chainbreaker (nephew)
Children
Henry O'Bail, Charles O'Bail, Polly O'Bail, William O'Bail, Esther O'Bail, Ja-wa-a-joh
Parent(s)
Gah-hon-no-neh (Seneca), Johannes Abeel (Dutch)
Known for
War chief of the Seneca during the American Revolutionary War
Nickname(s)
John Abeel, John O'Bail, John O'Beale
John Abeel III (about 1752–February 18, 1836)[1] 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, was a Dutch-Seneca chief warrior and diplomat of the Seneca people. As a war chief, Cornplanter fought in the American Revolutionary War on the side of the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784), the Treaty of Canandaigua (1794), and other treaties. He helped ensure Seneca neutrality during the Northwest Indian War.
In the postwar years, Cornplanter endeavoured to learn more about Euro-American culture and invited Quakers to establish schools in Seneca territory. After the War of 1812 he become disillusioned by his people's poor reaction to Euro-American society. He had the schools closed and embraced his half-brother Handsome Lake's movement to return to traditional Seneca ways and religion.
The United States government granted him about 1500 acres of former Seneca territory in Pennsylvania in 1796 for "him and his heirs forever," which became known as the Cornplanter Tract. The federal government, however, started construction of the Kinzua Dam on the Allegany River in 1960. When the dam was completed the Cornplanter Tract was flooded and most of the few remaining residents moved to the Allegany Reservation of the federally recognized Seneca Nation of New York. Before flooding occurred the remains of Cornplanter, his descendants, and an 1866 monument to him were relocated.
^Abler, Thomas S. (2007). Cornplanter: Chief Warrior of the Allegany Senecas. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815631149.
thus generally known as Cornplanter, was a Dutch-Seneca chief warrior and diplomat of the Seneca people. As a war chief, Cornplanter fought in the American...
The Cornplanter Tract or Cornplanter Indian Reservation is a plot of land in Warren County, Pennsylvania that was administered by the Seneca tribe. The...
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The Cornplanter Medal was named for the Iroquois chief Cornplanter and is an award for scholastic and other contributions to the betterment of knowledge...
Cornplanter State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #14. The main office is located in North Warren in...
government also condemned most of the historic Cornplanter Tract, a grant made by the state legislature to Cornplanter after the Revolutionary War to him and...
after his Dutch father. His later descendants, including Jesse Cornplanter, used "Cornplanter" as a surname instead of "Abeel".[citation needed] Since the...
reservation was defined adjacent to the Cornplanter Tract, a 1500-acre perpetual land grant given to Seneca chief Cornplanter and his descendants that extended...
in Warren, Pennsylvania. This council later changed its name to Chief Cornplanter Council and is still in operation. It is currently the oldest existing...
31. Abbatt 1906, pp. 282. Coppée 1900, pp. 224. Johnson 1881, pp. 54. Cornplanter 1904, pp. 125. Abbatt 1906, pp. 286. Coppée 1900, pp. 223. Hoffman 1839...
to Chief Edward Cornplanter, who somehow lost it. In 1903, afraid that oral transmission would again lead to errors, Chief Cornplanter rewrote it from...
Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. He was a half-brother to Cornplanter (Gayentwahgeh), a Seneca war chief. Handsome Lake, a leader and prophet...
Loyalist soldiers led by Major John Butler and their Seneca allies led by Cornplanter and Little Beard. Native American raids in Upstate New York resulted...
recognized. An additional territory de facto governed by the nation, the Cornplanter Tract in Pennsylvania, officially expired in 1957 and was submerged by...
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A Seneca legend, dating at least to the days of Seneca diplomat John Cornplanter Abeel, attests to the Chautauqua having a reputation as a "place of easy...
Revolution and was a friend of George Washington Cornplanter or Kaintwakon, Seneca chief Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca artist and author David Cusick, Tuscarora...
military leader Joseph Brant, and Seneca war chiefs Sayenqueraghta and Cornplanter led the joint British-Indigenous raids. On May 30, 1778, a raid on Cobleskill...
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