What is Farmer's Brother?
'''Honayawas''' or '''Farmer's Brother''' (c. 1730 – 1814) was a [[Seneca people|Seneca]] Chief. He was a member of the [[Iroquois|Iroquois Confederacy]]. He was also a [[translator]] and [[Public speaking|public speaker]]. He was an important Negotiator between Natives and the United States. He signed the [[Treaty of Big Tree]] in 1797, and the [[Treaty of Buffalo Creek]] in 1802.<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. (1907). ''Handbook of American Indiane north of Mexico (part I)''. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 453. Retrieved July 31, 2017.</ref><ref>Lindsay, George W.., Litchman, Charles H.., Conley, Charles C.. Official History of the Improved Order of Red Men. United States: Fraternity Publishing Company, 1893., p. 87. </ref><ref>Drake, Samuel G.. Biography and History of the Indians of North America: From Its First Discovery to the Present Time : Comprising Details in the Lives of All the Most Distinguished Chiefs and Counsellors, Exploits of Warriors, and the Celebrated Speeches of Their Orators : Also a History of Their Wars, Massacres and Depredations, as Well as the Wrongs ... which the Europeans and Their Descendants Have Done Them : with an Account of Their Antiquities, Manners and Customs, Religion and Laws : Likewise Exhibiting an Analysis of the ... Authors who Have Written Upon ... the First Peopling of America. United States: Antiquarian Institute, 1837., p. 107-110. </ref> == Related pages == * [[Seneca people|Seneca (tribe)]] * [[Cornplanter]] * [[Red Jacket]] * [[Little Beard]] * [[Iroquois|Iroquois Confederacy]] * [[Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands|Northeastern Woodlands]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1730 births]] [[Category:1814 deaths]] [[Category:Native American people]]