Handsome Lake, 1735?–1815, Seneca religious prophet; half brother of Cornplanter. After a long illness he had a vision c. 1800, and began to preach new religious beliefs. His moral teachings showed a similarity to Christian ethics and had a profound effect among the Iroquois. He advocated giving up the nomadic Native American life in favor of agriculture, much to the disgust of Red Jacket. Though Christian missionaries opposed Handsome Lake's religion, it nevertheless persisted alongside Christianity.

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The Avalon Project at Yale Law School, Thomas Jefferson: Indian Addresses

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Roundup.com, "The Cornplanter " Chief of the Seneca Tribe and Principal Chief of the Six Nations from the Period of the Revolutionary War to the Time of His Death

Carnegie Museums.org: Sovereign People