216 pioneer life; ok, 



now to thank the Governor for what he has done. 

 I have informed him what the Great Spirit has or- 

 dered me to cease from, and I wish the Governor to 

 inform others of what I have communicated. This 

 is all I have at present to say." 



The old chief appears after this again to have 

 fallen into seclusion, taking no part even in the poli- 

 tics of his people. He died at his residence, on the 

 7th of March, 1836, at the age of one hundred and 

 upward. " Whether at the time of his death he 

 expected to go to the fair hunting grounds of his 

 own people, or to the heaven of the Christian, is not 

 known." " Notwithstanding his professional Chris- 

 tianity, Cornplanter was very superstitious. c Not 

 long since,' says Mr. Foote, of Chautauque county, 

 4 he said the Good Spirit had told him not to have 

 any thing to do with the white people, or even to 

 preserve any mementoes or relics that had been 

 given him, from time to time, by the pale-faces — 

 whereupon, among other things, he burnt up his belt, 

 and broke his elegant sword." In reference to the 

 personal appearance of Cornplanter at the close of 

 his life, a writer in the Democratic Arch, (Yenango 

 county,) says : " I once saw the aged and venerable 

 chief and had an interesting interview with him, 

 about a year and a half before his death. I thought 

 of many things, when seated near him, beneath the 

 wide-spreading shade of an old sycamore, on the 

 banks of the Allegany — many things to ask him — 

 the scenes of the Revolution, the generals that 

 fought its battles and conquered the Indians, his 



