Edward Cornplanter

Edward Cornplanter or So-son-do-wa (1856–1918) was a chief of the Seneca people of the Iroquois Nation (Haudenosaunee) and a leading exponent of the Code of Handsome Lake (Gai'wiio, also known as the Longhouse Religion).

He was the great-great-grandson of Chief Cornplanter, who led the tribe during the American Revolutionary War.

[2] Edward experienced infirmity beginning in 1915; he was initially expected to recover (which led to Jesse being free to enlist and fight World War I) but never did, dying while Jesse was overseas in 1918.

He wrote it down from memory and gave the material to the archives of New York State for preservation.

He provided information as to the Iroquois cultivation and use of "maize and other plant foods and many ... myths and tales.