Joseph Fayadaneega (Brant)
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Brant,
JOSEPH (Thay-en-da-ne-gea), Mohawk chief; born on the
banks of the Ohio River in 1742. In 1761 Sir William Johnson sent
him to Dr. Wheelock's school at Hanover,
New Hampshire, where he
translated portions of the New Testament into the Mohawk language.
Brant engaged in the war against Pontiac in 1763, and at the
beginning of the war for independence was secretary to Guy Johnson,
the Indian Superintendent. In the spring of 1776 he was in England;
and to the ministry he expressed his willingness, and that of This was the first church erected in the Upper Province. Brant did much to induce his people to engage in the arts of peace. He died on his estate at the head of Lake Ontario, Canada, November 24, 1807. The remains of Brant rest beneath a handsome mausoleum near the church on the reservation on the Grand River, Canada. It was erected by the inhabitants of the vicinity in 1850. On the slab that surmounts it is an inscription in commemoration of the chief and of his son John. |
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