﻿(G-.) 
  

  

  THE 
  CORNPLANTER 
  TOMAHAWK, 
  

  

  IN 
  THE 
  STATE 
  COLLECTION. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  : 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  Cornplanter 
  is 
  already 
  well 
  known, 
  it 
  is 
  un- 
  

   necessary 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  relate 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  incidents 
  of 
  his 
  life, 
  except 
  

   as 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  tomahawk. 
  

  

  Cornplanter 
  was 
  a 
  Seneca 
  by 
  birth, 
  and 
  resided, 
  after 
  the 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  Revolution, 
  upon 
  a 
  reserve 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  granted 
  to 
  him 
  

   by 
  the 
  general 
  government, 
  in 
  consideration, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  of 
  his 
  val- 
  

   uable 
  services 
  as 
  a 
  peace-maker 
  between 
  the 
  Indian 
  nations 
  gen- 
  

   erally, 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  During 
  the 
  Revolu- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  subsequent, 
  he 
  enjoyed 
  the 
  rights 
  and 
  

   exercised 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  a 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  nation, 
  and 
  was 
  for 
  a 
  

   long 
  time 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Gy-ant-wa-ka, 
  or 
  the 
  Corn- 
  

   planter, 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  literally 
  signifies. 
  He 
  cultivated 
  a 
  large 
  

   tract 
  of 
  land 
  and 
  became 
  a 
  considerable 
  farmer, 
  for 
  which 
  reason 
  

   the 
  name 
  was 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  warrior, 
  Cornplanter 
  was 
  daring 
  and 
  courageous, 
  but 
  not 
  

   rash 
  or 
  impetuous. 
  As 
  a 
  counsellor 
  he 
  was 
  fearless 
  and 
  uncom- 
  

   promising 
  in 
  the 
  advocacy 
  of 
  his 
  views, 
  yet 
  his 
  fearlessness 
  and 
  

   sternness 
  were 
  always 
  tempered 
  with 
  discretion 
  and 
  prudence. 
  

  

  