“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
BACKGROUND I>FORMATION on JOSEPH BANT from WIKIPEDIA:
Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. Perhaps the Native American of his generation best known to the Americans and British, he met many of the most significant Anglo-American people of the age, including both George Washington and King George III.
While not born into a hereditary leadership role within the Iroquois League, Brant rose to prominence due to his education, abilities and his connections to British officials. His sister, Molly Brant, was the consort of Sir William Johnson, the influential British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, Brant led Mohawk and colonial Loyalists known as "Brant's Volunteers" against the rebels in a bitter partisan war on the New York frontier. He was accused by the Americans of committing atrocities and given the name "Monster Brant", but the accusations were argued by later historians to have been false.
In 1784, Frederick Haldimand granted Joseph Brant and his followers a land treaty to replace what they had lost in New York State at the Sandusky Council after the Revolution. This tract, the Haldimand Grant, was about 810,000 hectares (2,000,000 acres) in size, covering the Grand River area in what is now southwestern Ontario "from the source to the mouth of the river and 9.6 kilometres (6 miles) deep on each side". The grant was later rescinded.[2] Chief Brant relocated with most of his people to Upper Canada to the area which is now Six Nations Reserve, where he remained a prominent leader.
Early years 2 Seven Years' War and education 3 Marriages and family 4 Career 5 American Revolution 5.1 Northern campaign 5.1.1 Service as war leader, 1777–78 and "Monster Brant" 5.1.2 Commissioned as officer, 1779 5.1.3 Wounded and service in Detroit area, 1780–1783 6 After the war 6.1 Death 6.2 Legacy 6.3 Legacy and honors 7 Archaeology 8 In popular culture 9 Alternate spellings 10 See also 11 Citations 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External links
Astonishing story! Imagine Brant's being painted by both Charles Wilson Peale AND Gilbert Stuart!
Even more astonishing –– considering the challenging, adventurous life he lived and the rough and tumble age into which he was born –– Brant lived well into his eighties.
Obviously a most DISTINGUISHED human being!
I feel almost ashamed that this is the first I've ever eard of him.
I think most Americans today might be surprised at how much "mixing of the races" between white settlers and Indians did in fact occur.
I know from my cousin's interest in genealogy that one of my ancestors married an Indian womanback in the 1600's in the wilderness that later-became the state of Maine.
SoI ave a greater came to Native-American Identity than the execrable, venal, hypocritical farceuse Elizabeth Warren –– and I don't even have high cheekbones! .
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BACKGROUND I>FORMATION on JOSEPH BANT from WIKIPEDIA:
Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. Perhaps the Native American of his generation best known to the Americans and British, he met many of the most significant Anglo-American people of the age, including both George Washington and King George III.
While not born into a hereditary leadership role within the Iroquois League, Brant rose to prominence due to his education, abilities and his connections to British officials. His sister, Molly Brant, was the consort of Sir William Johnson, the influential British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, Brant led Mohawk and colonial Loyalists known as "Brant's Volunteers" against the rebels in a bitter partisan war on the New York frontier. He was accused by the Americans of committing atrocities and given the name "Monster Brant", but the accusations were argued by later historians to have been false.
In 1784, Frederick Haldimand granted Joseph Brant and his followers a land treaty to replace what they had lost in New York State at the Sandusky Council after the Revolution. This tract, the Haldimand Grant, was about 810,000 hectares (2,000,000 acres) in size, covering the Grand River area in what is now southwestern Ontario "from the source to the mouth of the river and 9.6 kilometres (6 miles) deep on each side". The grant was later rescinded.[2] Chief Brant relocated with most of his people to Upper Canada to the area which is now Six Nations Reserve, where he remained a prominent leader.
INDEX to the WIKI ARTICLE on BRANT:
Early years
2 Seven Years' War and education
3 Marriages and family
4 Career
5 American Revolution
5.1 Northern campaign
5.1.1 Service as war leader, 1777–78 and "Monster Brant"
5.1.2 Commissioned as officer, 1779
5.1.3 Wounded and service in Detroit area, 1780–1783
6 After the war
6.1 Death
6.2 Legacy
6.3 Legacy and honors
7 Archaeology
8 In popular culture
9 Alternate spellings
10 See also
11 Citations
12 References
13 Further reading
14 External links
Astonishing story! Imagine Brant's being painted by both Charles Wilson Peale AND Gilbert Stuart!
Even more astonishing –– considering the challenging, adventurous life he lived and the rough and tumble age into which he was born –– Brant lived well into his eighties.
Obviously a most DISTINGUISHED human being!
I feel almost ashamed that this is the first I've ever eard of him.
I think most Americans today might be surprised at how much "mixing of the races" between white settlers and Indians did in fact occur.
I know from my cousin's interest in genealogy that one of my ancestors married an Indian womanback in the 1600's in the wilderness that later-became the state of Maine.
SoI ave a greater came to Native-American Identity than the execrable, venal, hypocritical farceuse Elizabeth Warren –– and I don't even have high cheekbones! .
Imagine that!
};^)>
Aren't White Nationalists opposed to race mixing?
PHEW! It really STINKS in here.
PEASE getthe FEBREEZE before I PUKE,
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