An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830

CHAPTER XIV.

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Cornplanter in disrepute--Effort to regain his standing--Red Jacket charged with witchcraft--His defense--Further notice of Cornplanter--Early recollections--With the Indians who defeated Gen. Braddock in 1755--With the English in the war of the Revolution--Takes his father a prisoner--His address--Release of his father--Address to the governor of Pennsylvania-- Visit of President Alden--Close of his life.