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and actually went into the field, cut the oats, and fed 

 our beasts. He appears to be about sixty-eight 

 years of age, five feet ten inches in height His 

 countenance is strongly marked with intelligence 

 and reflection. Contrary to the aboriginal custom, 

 his chin is covered with a beard three or four inches 

 in length. His house is of princely dimensions, 

 compared with most Indian huts, and has a piazza 

 fin front. He is owner of thirteen hundred acres of, 

 excellent land, six hundred of which encircle the 

 ground plot of his little town. He receives an annual 

 stipend from the United States, of two hundred and 

 fifty dollars. Cornplanter's brother, lately deceased, 

 called the Prophet, was known by the high-sounding 

 name of Goskakewanna Konnediu, or Large Beauti- 

 ful Lake. Kinjuquade, the name of another chief, 

 signified " The Place of Many Fishes," hence, prob- 

 ably, the name of Kenzua. 



In 1821 — 22, the Commissioners *of Warren coun- 

 ty assumed the right to tax the private property of 

 Corn planter, and proceeded to enforce its collection. 

 The old chief resisted, conceiving it not only unlaw- 

 ful, but a personal indignity. The sheriff again 

 appeared with a small posse of armed men. Corn- 

 planter took the deputation to a room around which 

 were ranged about a hundred rifles, and with the 

 sentious brevity of an Indian, intimated that for 

 each rifle a warrior would appear at his call. The 

 sheriff and his men withdrew, determined to call out 

 the militia. Several prudent citizens, fearing a san- 

 guinary collision, sent for the old chief in a friendly 



