Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Joseph

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Thayendanegea, 1742-1807

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Thayendanegea

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Brant, Joseph, Mohawk chief, 1742-1807

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Ihayenoanegen

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Ihayenoanegen

Thayendanegea, opperhoofd van de Mohawks, 1742-1807

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Biographical History

Joseph Brant, also known as Thayendanega, (born March 1743 in Ohio Country along the Cuyahoga River - died Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, November 24, 1807), Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwentishon. Brant worked as a negotiator for the Six Nations in talks with the British to provide tracts of land for the Mohawk Reservation on the Grand River in Ontario. Brantford, Ontario; a city located on a portion of his land grant, is named for him.

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External Related CPF

https://viaf.org/viaf/77124086

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80051078

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n80051078

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q505146

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Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776

Cayuga Indians

Indian captivities

Indians of North America

Indigenous peoples

Iroquois Indians

Minisink, Battle of, Minisink, N.Y., 1779

Mohawk Indians

Onondaga Indians

Oriskany, Battle of, N.Y., 1777

Seneca Indians

Stone Arabia, Battle of, Stone Arabia, N.Y., 1780

Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779

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Army officers, British

Chiefs, Indian

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Canada

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New York (State)--Old Fort Niagara

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Ontario

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United States

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Neversink River (N.Y.)

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Québec--Québec

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Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.)

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United States

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New York (State)

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Mississauga (Ont.)

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France

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New York (State)

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Great Britain

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Belleville (W. Va.)

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Vermont

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Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.)

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New York (State)

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Fort Pitt (Pa.)

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Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)

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Great Britain

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New York (State)

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Fort Bedford (Ont.)

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Fort Detroit (Mich.)

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Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.)

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