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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornplanter , or Garyan-Wah-Gah (search)
Cornplanter, or Garyan-Wah-Gah
A Seneca Indian chief; born in Conewaugus, on the Genesee River, N. Y., in 1732; was a half-breed, the son of an Indian trader named John O'Bail.
He led Indian allies with the French against the English; was in the sharp battle of Monongahela in 1755; and, joining the British in the war of the Revolution, led destroyers of the settlements in New York and northern Pennsylvania.
An inveterate foe of the Americans during the war, he was their firm friend afterwards.
He was an earnest promoter of temperance among his people.
He died at the Seneca reservation, Pennsylvania, Feb. 17, 1836.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield , James Abram 1831 -1881 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ontario , Lake , operations on (search)
Patch, Samuel 1807-
Diver; born in Rhode Island in 1807.
As an athlete he became known as a diver, making his first celebrated leap from the bridge over the Passaic River at Paterson, N. J. He met his death Nov. 13, 1829, in jumping from a bridge over the Genesee River at Rochester, N. Y., at a height of 125 feet above the water.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sullivan , John 1740 -1795 (search)