Brant

( Zool.) See BRENT. Brant, a . [See BRENT.] Steep, rugged. ( Local Eng .) Brant, JOSEPH, a Mohawk chief, born in Ohio, 1742. He participated in the campaign of 1755, and held the post of secretary to Col. Johnson, superintendent-general of Indian affairs. On the outbreak of the American Revolution, B. took an active part in raising an Indian force to oppose the colonists, and was present at the action of Cherry Valley, and in other engagements. He did all in his power to prevent the confederation of the Indian tribes previous to Gen. Wayne's expedition, and opposed peace between them and the U. States. B. was, however, a brave and intelligent chief, and a zealous administrator of all that tended to elevate and civilize his own people. In 1786 he visited England, there published the Book of Common Prayer and the Gospel of St. Mark , in Mohawk and English, and collected funds for an Anglican church, the first erected in Canada West. He pa ed the closing Fig . 408. years of his life at BurJington Bay, on Lake Ontario, on an estate granted him - JOSEPH BRANT. Brant, in Michigan, a thriving township of Saginaw county. Brant, in New York, a post-township of Erie co., 24 m. S.S.W. of Buffalo. Brant, in Wisconsin , a post-office of Calumet co. Brant, a S. co. of prov. of Ontario, W. of Lake Ontario. Area , 416 sq. m. Drained by the Grand River. Prod . Lumber, wool, hops and dairy produce. Cap ., Brant ford. Pop . (1890), 40,352. Brant'ford, a prosperous post-town of the province of Ontario, and capital of Brant co., 24 m. S. W. of Hamilton, on Grand river. Here are the workshops belonging to the Great Western Railway. Manf . Iron, tin and bra -ware, agricultural implements and stone-ware. Pop . in 1897, about 16,000.