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See also:BRANT, See also:JOSEPH (1742-1807) , See also:American See also:Indian See also:chief of the See also:Mohawk tribe, known also by his Indian name, THAYENDANEGEA, was See also:born on the See also:banks of the See also:Ohio See also:river in 1742. In See also:early youth he attracted the See also:attention of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson, who sent him to be educated by Dr Eleazar Wheelock at See also:Lebanon, See also:Conn., in See also:Moor's Indian charity school, in which See also:Dartmouth See also:College had its origin. He took See also:part, on the See also:side of the See also:English, in the See also:French and Indian See also:War, and in 1763 fought with the See also:Iroquois against See also:Pontiac. Subsequently he settled at Canajoharie, or Upper Mohawk See also:Castle (in what is now See also:Montgomery See also:county, New See also:York), where, being a devout churchman, he devoted himself to missionary See also:work, and translated the See also:Prayer See also:Book and St See also:Mark's See also:Gospel into the Mohawk See also:tongue (1787). When See also:Guy Johnson (1740-1788) succeeded his See also:uncle, Sir William, as See also:superintendent of Indian affairs in 1774, Brant became his secretary. At the outbreak of the War of See also:Independence, he remained loyal, was commissioned See also:colonel, and organized and led the Mohawks and other See also:Indians allied to the See also:British against the settlements on the New York frontier. He took part in the See also:Cherry Valley See also:Massacre, in the attack on Minisink and the expedition of See also:General St Leger which resulted in the See also:battle of See also:Oriskany on the 6th of See also:August 1777. After the war he discouraged the continuance of Indian warfare on the frontier, and aided the commissioners of the See also:United States in securing See also:treaties of See also:peace with the Miamis and other western tribes. Settling in Upper See also:Canada, he again devoted himself to missionary work and in 1786 visited See also:England, where he raised funds with which was erected the first Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in Upper Canada. His See also:character was a See also:peculiar See also:compound of the traits of an Indian warrior—with few rivals for daring leadership—and of a civilized politician and diplomat of the more conservative type. He died on an See also:estate granted him by the British See also:government on the banks of See also:Lake See also:Ontario on the 24th of See also:November 1807. A See also:monument was erected to his memory at See also:Brantford, Ontario, Canada (named in his See also:honour) in 1886.
See W. L. See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone, See also:Life of Joseph Brant (2 vols., New York, 1838; new ed., See also:Albany, 1865) ; See also:Edward See also:Eggleston and See also:Elizabeth E. Seelye, Brant and Red Jacket in " Famous American Indians " (New York, 1879) ; and a Memoir (Brantford, 1872).
End of Article: BRANT, JOSEPH (1742-1807)
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