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John Abeel (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), known as Gaiänt'wakê (Gyantwachia - ″the planter″) or Kaiiontwa'kon (Kaintwakon - "By What One Plants") in the Seneca language and thus generally known as Cornplanter, was a Seneca war chief and diplomat. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In both wars, the Seneca and three other Iroquois nations were allied with the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). He helped gain Iroquois neutrality during the Northwest Indian War.
In the postwar years, he worked to learn more about European-American ways and invited Quakers to establish schools in Seneca territory. Disillusioned by his people's poor reaction to European-American society, he had the schools closed and followed his half-brother Handsome Lake's movement returning to traditional Seneca way. The United States government granted him about 1500 acres of former Seneca territory in Pennsylvania in 1796 for "him and his heirs forever", which became known as the Cornplanter Tract. It was flooded in 1965 by the Kinzua Dam, and most of the remaining residents were relocated to the Allegany Reservation of the federally recognized Seneca Nation of New York.
Cornplanter may refer to:
- Cornplanter (c. 1750–1836) (Gaiänt'wakê ), Seneca war-chief
- Edward Cornplanter (1856-1918) (So-son-do-wa), Seneca chief and religious leader
- Jesse Cornplanter (1889–1957) (Hayonhwonhish), Seneca artist and author
Places:
- Cornplanter State Forest, a Pennsylvanian wood
- Cornplanter Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Cornplanter Bridge, in Warren County, Pennsylvania
Streams:
- Cornplanter Run (Buffalo Creek), a tributary of Buffalo Creek in Pennsylvania
- Cornplanter Run (Oil Creek), a tributary of Oil Creek in Pennsylvania
- Cornplanter Run (Allegheny River), a tributary of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania