Talk:Cornplanter

NPOV tag

I have added some references to the article and removed the {{Fact}} tags where I provided a citation (some are still left). I changed the approximate bith date from 1740 to 1750 (the date in the PMHC ref). Please be specific here about what is seen as NPOV so it can be addressed. Thanks, Ruhrfisch 03:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• I've removed the NPOV tag since no one here as responded to Ruhrfisch's request. It seems reasonable neutral to me, only needing citations to confirm some what is written. Fanra 21:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Expansion, increasing neutrality, and fact checks

Since this article was tagged to have neutrality issues, dilldo attempted to humped on Cornplanter's role in the Revolutionary War as it was very vague and previously highlighted by the Wyoming Valley and Cherry Valley massacres without apparent storyline. I've put in headers and done fact cross-checks particularly for these raids that linked to the Sullivan Expedition and its significance for Cornplanter's people. There was some misinformation about why Cornplanter decided to support the British after initially wanting to remain neutral-- this was based on a confusion of time-sequence (someone thought that the Sullivan Expedition came first and Brant used this to bully Cornplanter into joining). I'm somewhat new to this, so I wasn't able to figure out how to provide the citations at the bottom. If anyone can help, please let me know. In the meantime I put in a few 'citation needed' tags. I have also added more information post-Revolutionary war to provide a broader portrait of Cornplanter's life so that the average reader can come away with a general understanding of the backdrop of his life and his significance. Someone may want to add more on his relationship with Red Jacket in the future. Hazelii 09:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks - I will leave a mesage at your talk page too. If you can put the ref information somewhere I can put it into inline citation format. Ruhrfisch 15:37, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Expanded article. Here are 2 cites for NPOV that need corroboration and context from the book-length biographies.

• "Handsome Lake". Retrieved 2012-09-23.
• "Cornplanter in Disrepute". Retrieved 2012-09-23.

Didn't add this-- is it still attributed to Cornplanter?

• "INDIAN LEGENDS. - THE LEGENDS OF THE IROQUOIS. - Review - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 2012-09-23.

Interesting factoids here for expansion too:

• "HISTORY OF THE SIX NATIONS - DATE OF THE UNION AS ESTABLISHED BY TRADITION. It Was Forty-one Years Before the Coming of Columbus, According to the Story of Chief Cornplanter -- A Carious Legend Brought to Light =- Wampum and Its Original Purposes -- Learned Indians Who Could Read It -- How an Eclipse of the San Prevented War. - Article -". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2012-09-23. Djembayz (talk) 19:47, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

More templates

I have added New York and Philadelphia templates, and made all three class=mid, recognizing the importance of this Native American chief in American history. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:44, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Chronology Problems

There are some significant chronology problems. In several places the subject's birth year is given as 1732. While this accords nicely with his participation in the French & Indian War (1755 to 1763), it clashes with the birth year given for his father, 1722. The idea that his father was 9 or 10 years old when he was born is not credible. There is at least one place in the article where the subject's birth year is given as 1752. Assuming his father's birth date is accurate, this would have made his father 30 at the time of his birth, which is reasonable. But the 1752 date does not work with the idea that he participated in the French & Indian War. At 3 years old? The 1732 date would also serve to make him 104 years old at his death, which does not seem very credible. I think it is more likely that there were two Seneca known as Cornplanter, in different generations. More research is needed on this issue.

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Revolutionary War

Number of problems with the following paragraph:

Cornplanter joined forces with the Loyalist Lt. Colonel John Butler and his rangers at the 1778 Battle of Wyoming Valley in present-day Pennsylvania. They killed many settlers and destroyed their properties, in what the rebel Americans called the Wyoming Massacre.

John Butler was a major at the time of the Battle of Wyoming not a Lieutenant Colonel. He wasn't promoted to Lieutenant Colonel until 1780. Battle of Wyoming NOT Battle of Wyoming Valley. Use of the word "settlers" is misleading since it infers that non-combatants were killed. "Armed settlers" or "Patriot militia" would be better choices. Widespread use of the phrase "Wyoming Massacre" didn't occur until well after the end of the war. Henry Dearborn, for example, used "Battle of the Butlers" in his journal during the 1779 Sullivan Campaign.

The paragraph has been edited and a citation added. Griffin's Sword (talk) 18:24, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Cornplanter's Year of Birth

The article states that Cornplanter was born between 1732 and 1746 and cites Thomas Abler's: Cornplanter: Chief Warrior of the Allegany Senecas as the source. This is a misreading of Abler, since he provides solid evidence that shows Cornplanter could not have been born this early. Abler, a recognized authority on the Seneca, concludes that Cornplanter was born about 1752 and could therefore not have participated in the French and Indian War. Revisions are forthcoming. Griffin's Sword (talk) 18:47, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Clan

According to Thomas Abler, author of Cornplanter: Chief Warrior of the Allegany Senecas, Cornplanter and his half-brother Handsome Lake were members of the Wolf Clan. Both this article and the article on Handsome Lake have been corrected. Griffin's Sword (talk) 19:00, 24 April 2024 (UTC)