Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
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Abeel, John, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
Garganwahgah, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
Gayëntwahgöh, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
Gyantwahia, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
Gy-ant-wa-kia, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
Kaythwahkeh, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
Ki-en-twa-ke, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
Koeentwahka, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
O'Bail, John, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
O'Ball, John, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
O'Beale, John, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836
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found: Brush, E.H. Iroquois past and present, c1901:t.p. (Cornplanter)
found: OCLC data base, 4/4/88(OCLC #3227876: hdg.: Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836)
found: Chief Cornplanter (Gy-ant-wa-kia) of the Senecas, c1998:p. 53 (the child's Indian adult name was Gy-ant-wa-kia, meaning one who plants; later became widely known as Chief Cornplanter) p. 56 (b. about 1738) p. 221 (d. Feb. 18, 1836)
found: Cornplanter, 2007:ECIP t.p. (Cornplanter) galley (Cornplanter; Gyantwahia; kaythwahkeh; John O'Bail; Cornplanter was a Seneca by birth; his father was a white fur trader from Albany; transformed from the Dutch Abeel to O'Bail; alternative spellings--Abiel, O'Beale, O'Ball can also be found)
found: Draper, Lyman Copeland. Notes of border history, 2017:Appendix (Gayëntwahgöh; Cornplanter; Ki-en-twa-ke; The Planter; literally, "by what one plants"; son of John O'Bail; Seneca war chief, Wolf Clan; d. Feb. 18. 1836)
found: United States Statutes at large, 1846:volume 7, page 16 (Seneca Abeal.: Kayenthoghke)
found: Hodge. Handbook of America Indians north of Mexico, 1907-1910(Cornplanter; variously written Garganwahgah, Koeentwahka, etc.; a Seneca chief, known also as John O'Bail, supposed to have been born between 1732 and 1740; He was one of the parties to the treaty of Ft. Stanwix in 1784; died Feb. 18, 1836)
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1988-05-11: new
2021-11-12: revised
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