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Brant, Joseph,
(Thay-en-da-ne-gen). 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.
N. H., where he translated portions of the New Testament into the Mohawk language.
Brant engaged in the war against Pontiae in 1763, and at
Joseph Brant. 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 his people, to join in the chastisement of the rebellious colonists.
It was an unfavorable time for him to make such an
The Brant mausoleum. offer with an expectation of securing very favorable arrangements for his people, for the minstry were elated with the news of the disasters to the rebels at Quebee.
Besides, they had completed the bargain for a host of German mercenaries, a part of whom were then on their way to America to crush the rebellion.
They
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Croghan , George 1746 -1782 (search)
Croghan, George 1746-1782
Indian agent; born in Ireland; was educated in Dublin; emigrated to Pennsylvania; and in 1746 was engaged in trade with the Indians.
Acquiring their language and friendship, Pennsylvania made him Indian agent.
Captain in Braddock's expedition in 1755, he showed such excellence in military matters that in 1756 he was intrusted with the defence of the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and was made by Sir William Johnson his deputy, who, in 1763, sent him to England to confer with the ministry about an Indian boundary-line.
On that voyage he was wrecked on the coast of France.
In May, 1776, Croghan founded a settlement 4 miles above Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg). He was active in securing the attachment of the Indians to the British interest until 1776, but took no active part in the events of the Revolution.
He died in Passayunk, Pa., in August, 1782.
Military officer; born near Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15, 1791; educated at the College of William a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , Benjamin Robbins 1809 -1874 (search)
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins 1809-1874
Jurist; born in Watertown, Mass., Nov. 4, 1809; graduated at Harvard in 1829; admitted to the bar in 1832; appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1851; resigned in 1857, when he returned to Boston; was one of the counsel for President Johnson during the impeachment trial.
He died in Newport, R. I., Sept. 15, 1874.
Cushing, Thomas 1725-
Statesman; born in Boston, March 24, 1725; graduated at Harvard in 1744, and for many years represented his native city in the General Court, of which body he became speaker in 1763, and held that post until 1774.
His signature was affixed, during all that time, to all public documents of the province, which made his name so conspicuous that, in his pamphlet, Taxation no tyranny, Dr. Johnson said, One object of the Americans is said to be to adorn the brows of Cushing with a diadem.
He was a member of the first and second Continental Congresses; was commissarygeneral in 1775; a judge; and in 1779 was elected lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, which office he held until his death, in Boston, Feb. 28, 1788.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dieskau , Ludwig August , Baron , 1701 -1757 (search)
Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron, 1701-1757
Military officer; born in Saxony in 1701; was lieutenant-colonel of cavalry under Marshal Saxe, and was made brigadier-general of infantry in 1748, and commander of Brest.
In 1755 he was sent to Canada with the rank of major-general; and in an attack upon the fortified encampment of Gen. William Johnson at the head of Lake George (Sept. 8, 1755) he was so severely wounded that he died in Surenne, near Paris, Sept. 8, 1757.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), French and Indian War. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield , James Abram 1831 -1881 (search)