Samuel Parker Ideology

Ely Samuel Parker was born in 1828 and died on August 31, 1895. Born in Hasanoanda, later known as Donehogawa. Eventually Ely became a Seneca attorney, an engineer, and a tribal diplomat. Ely got commissioned as a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War, when he served as an auxiliary to General Ulysses S. Grant. Ely wrote the terminal preliminary form of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. Later in his career, Parker rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. He was one of the only two Native Americans to earn a general’s rank during the war. President Grant, of the United States delegated him as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The aboriginal Native American to influence that post. Parker served as Head Chief of