The Cornplanter Memorial

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James Ross Snowden. The Cornplanter Memorial

The Cornplanter Memorial

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REPORT OF HON. S. P. JOHNSON

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. OF. HON. S. P. JOHNSON

GY-ANT-WA-CHIA, OR CORNPLANTER,

ADDENDUM

ADDRESSES. OF. JOHN LUKE AND STEPHEN S. SMITH

NOTE BY J. R. SNOWDEN

APPENDIX

SPEECH OF CORNPLANTER,

ADDRESS

SPEECH OF CORNPLANTER,

SPEECH

SPEECH OF CORNPLANTER,

SPEECH OF CORNPLANTER,

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James Ross Snowden

An Historical Sketch of Gy-ant-wa-chia—The Cornplanter, and of the Six Nations of Indians

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On this beautiful spot, of his own selection, the gift of a grateful Commonwealth for appreciated merit, he spent the last forty-five years of his life, surrounded by his family and descendants, in the practice of all those virtues that adorn both civilized and savage life.

He was the dauntless warrior and wisest statesman of his nation, the patriarch of his tribe and the peacemaker of his race. He was a model man from nature's mould. Truth, temperance, justice and humanity, never had a nobler incarnation or more earnest and consistent advocate than he. As we loved him personally, and revere the noble, manly character he bore, we erect this tribute to his memory, that those who live after us may know and imitate his virtues.

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