Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Dates:
Birth 1742
Death 1807-11-24

Biographical notes:

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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Subjects:

  • 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
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Iroquois Indians
  • Manuscripts, American
  • Mohawk Indians
  • Seneca Indians

Occupations:

  • Army officers, British
  • Chiefs, Indian

Places:

  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Canada (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Old Fort Niagara (as recorded)
  • Ontario (as recorded)
  • Belleville (W. Va.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Vermont (as recorded)
  • Neversink River (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • Fort Pitt (Pa.) (as recorded)
  • Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) (as recorded)
  • Québec--Québec (as recorded)
  • Mississauga (Ont.) (as recorded)
  • Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Fort Bedford (Ont.) (as recorded)
  • Fort Detroit (Mich.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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