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Last name Ho-na-ye-wus
Display name Ho-na-ye-wus
Other names Farmer's Brother;Ho-na-ye-wus;Honayewus;Honaiyowns
Birth date 1732
Death date 1841
Gender m
Affiliations Seneca indians
Bio notes Seneca chief, born in 1716, or 1718, or 1732, according to varying sources. Delivered speech before a council at Genesee River, New York, in 1798. He signed the treaties of Genesee, 1797, and Buffalo Creek, 1802.
Data notes Birth date is approximate

Mentioned in:

A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804

Isaac Coates Journal of Journeys to the Indian Country

Joseph Moore's Journal

Some Account of our Journey to Cannandaigue

Joel Swayne Diary