Brant

Joseph, a Mohawk chief, born in Ohio in 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, Brant 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. In 1786 he visited England and collected funds for an Anglican Church, the first erected in Canada West. He pa ed the closing years of his life at Burlington Bay, on Lake Ontario, on an estate granted him by the British Government. One of Brant’s sons commanded a mixed Canadian and Indian force during the War of 1812. He died in Canada, Noy. 29, 1807.