Hiawatha was a pre-colonial leader and co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy. History tells of a violent confrontation began between members of the Seneca Nation. It was suddenly stopped when the sun darkened, and it seemed like night. Scholars have successively studied the possibilities of this being a solar eclipse since 1902 when William Canfield wrote Legends of the Iroquois; told by "the Cornplanter". Since Canfield's first mention,and the majority view, scholars have supported the 1451 AD date for the plausible solar eclipse.
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Who was Hiawatha? Hiawatha was a follower of the Great Peacemaker (Deganawida), a Huron Prophet and spiritual leader who proposed the unification of the Iroquois peoples, who shared common ancestry and similar languages. The Great Peacemaker was a compelling spiritual presence, but was impeded in evangelizing his prophecy by foreign affiliation and a severe speech impediment. Hiawatha, a skilled and charismatic orator along with a clan mother named Jigonhsasee, was instrumental in persuading the Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas and Mohawks to accept the Great Peacemaker's vision and band together to become the Five Nations of the Iroquois confederacy. The Tuscarora nation joined the Confederacy in 1722 to become the Sixth Nation.