CHIEF OF THE SENECAS

CORNPLANTER. Kiontwogky or
Cornplanter. Superb Colored
Portrait, after the Painting by
C.B. King. (M’Kenney & Hall).
Large folio, 20 x 14½". Phila.
1836(1837). 20.00

He was one of the parties to
the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1784,
when a large cession of territory
was made by the Indians; at the
treaty of Fort Harmer, 5 years
afterwards, he took the lead in
conveying an immense tract of
country to the American govern-
ment, and became so unpopular
that his life was threatened by
his tribe.