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Seneca Chief Cornplanter's Last Visit to the Muncy Valley

One of the stories in folklorist Henry W. Shoemaker's’ 1903 book "Wild Life in Western Pennsylvania" describes a visit to Muncy in which he examined a ring made by the Seneca Chief Ki-On-Twog-Ky (also known as Cornplanter) who, according to Shoemaker, spent part of his youth in the Muncy Valley and made the ring on the last visit there before his death.

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April 08, 2024 · Terry Diener