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Daguerreotype of Seneca leader Blacksnake
National Portrait Gallery | Smithsonian Institution
Biography

Blacksnake "Chainbreaker"

Known as Governor Blacksnake and "Chainbreaker," this Seneca leader broke from the Iroquois Confederacy and sided with the British.

War & Affiliation
Rev War | Seneca & British
Date of Birth - Death
1760(?) - December 26, 1859
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