Cornplanter
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Article abstract: Cornplanter achieved prominence as an Iroquois war chief fighting for the British in the American Revolution{$IAmerican Revolution;and Iroquois[Iroquois]}; at subsequent treaty conferences he emphasized the need for peaceful coexistence between Indians and the United States.
Cornplanter, the son of a Seneca woman and a Dutch trader, John Abeel (or O’Bail), was born at Conewaugus on the Genesee River sometime between 1732 and 1740. Little is known of his childhood except for his recollections of being teased because of his light skin.
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