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Last name Thę́-wǫ-nyas̉
Display name Thę́-wǫ-nyas̉
Other names Governor Blacksnake;Chain breaker;Chainbreaker;Thaonawyuthe;Thę́-wǫ-nyas̉;To-wa-a-u
Death date 1859
Birth place Kendaia
Death place Allegheny Reservation
Gender m
Affiliations Six Nations, Seneca indians
Bio notes Chief. Signed Remonstrance of Chiefs (1837), letter to Philadelphia Quakers about General Council
Data notes Not the same as Jacob Blacksnake: signed petition together at the Cattaraugus Council House in Erie County in 1846

Mentioned in:

New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook

William Allinson Diary, Volume 2