Native Americans in the American Revolution

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Blue Jacket, Little Turtle, Joseph Brant, Molly Brant, Cornstalk, Joseph Louis Cook, Captain Pipe, Cornplanter, Red Jacket, Nancy Ward, Alexander McGillivray, White Eyes, Dragging Canoe, Pacanne, Buckongahelas, Handsome Lake, Pluggy, Egushawa, Gelelemend, John Deseronto, Tyonajanegen, Thomas Davis, Wapasha I, Cowkeeper, Sayenqueraghta, Chief Blackfish, Charles Michel de Langlade, Daniel Nimham, Black Hoof, Young Tobacco, Guyasuta, Joseph Orono, Moluntha, Nikonha, Cheeseekau, Governor Blacksnake, Little Beard, Pathkiller, General New River. Excerpt: Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (1743 - 24 November 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. He was perhaps the most well-known American Indian of his generation. He met many of the most significant people of the age, including George Washington and King George III. While not born into a hereditary leadership role within the Iroquois League, Brant rose to prominence thanks to his abilities and his connections to British officials. Through his sister, Molly Brant, he was associated with Sir William Johnson, the influential British Indian agent in the province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, Brant led Mohawk and colonial Loyalists against American revolutionaries in a bitter partisan war on the New York frontier. During the war, he was accused by the Americans of committing atrocities, charges that were later shown to be false. After the war, he relocated to Canada, where he remained a prominent leader. Brant was born in 1743, probably in March, in the Ohio Country somewhere along the Cuyahoga River. This was during the hunting season when Mohawks traveled to the area. He was named Thayendanegea, which in the Mohawk language can mean "two wagers (sticks) bound t...

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