I need to do a project of Joseph Brant, he was a Mohawk leader and was a *big help* in the war of 1812. It is due on Monday, so if any one can help by telling me what he did in the war, that would be great.
I choose best answers for most informative and real.. not fake and stupid. Thanks!
2007-04-27 12:55:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Here's a bio ... and NOT from Wikipedia!
http://www.indians.org/welker/brant.htm
You can Google yourself for more information!
2007-04-27 17:31:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are in error about Joseph Brant helping during the war of 1812 since he died in 1807.
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807, chief of the Mohawk. His Mohawk name is usually rendered as Thayendanegea. He served under Sir William Johnson in the French and Indian War, and Johnson sent him (1761) to Eleazar Wheelock's school for Native Americans in Lebanon, Conn. Brant served (1763) under Johnson again in Pontiac's Rebellion. In the American Revolution he did much to bind the indigenous people to the British and Loyalist side. He fought (1777) at Oriskany in the Saratoga campaign. In 1778, leading the Native American forces, he joined Walter Butler, and together they raided Cherry Valley, where they massacred the defenseless inhabitants. He was an able leader in other raids. After the Revolution, failing to get a settlement of the Native American land question in the United States, he got lands and subsidies for his people in Canada around the present Brantford, Ont. A zealous Christian, he preached Christianity, translating the Book of Common Prayer and the Gospel of Mark into the Mohawk language.
2007-04-27 21:37:53 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am his relative... wish I read this last night.. sorry
2007-05-01 07:49:45 · answer #3 · answered by pink9364 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋