d from 1689 to 1692 president of the administration of the
colony. =Index=: =F= Made governor of Massachusetts, 266; on failure of
expedition against Quebec, 301. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Bragg's Regiment.= =WM= On British right, 189; in battle of Ste. Foy,
259, 261.

=Brandon House.= Built by the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1794, on the head
waters of the Assiniboine River, about seventeen miles below the present
city of Brandon. The buildings were burnt about 1814, and the post
abandoned. =Index=: =MS= Built by Hudson's Bay Company, 6. =Bib.=:
Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.

=Brandy Question.= =F= Condemned by Champlain, 25; subject of dispute
between civil and religious authorities, 46, 115; king's instructions
regarding, 116, 118, 120; question referred to a meeting of the
principal inhabitants, 121; opinions expressed, 122, 123; king's
decision thereon, 125; evils depicted, 335. =L= Sale of liquor to
Indians, 7, 36-39, 113; Frontenac's opinion and Colbert's instructions,
170, 171; conference on the subject, 172; Laval's attitude, 173-175;
Dollier de Casson's testimony, 175. _See also_ Liquor question. =Bib.=:
Parkman, _Frontenac_ and _Old Regime_.

=Brant, Isaac.= =S= Son of Joseph Brant, commits murder, 191; attacks
his father and is killed by him in self-defence, 192.

=Brant, Joseph= (1742-1807). A Mohawk Indian chief, whose native name
was Thayendanegea. Educated at an Indian school in Connecticut. Visited
England in 1775. In the Revolutionary War sided with the British and
rendered valuable service. Revisited England after the war. Translated
the Book of Common Prayer and St. Mark's Gospel into the Mohawk tongue
(London, 1787). =Index=: =S= Mohawk Indian, distrusted by Simcoe, 75,
125; visits Philadelphia and received by Washington as Indian emissary,
121; part taken by, in subsequent negotiations, 124, 125; loss of
influence with his own people, 125; his motives and policy, 126, 128,
129; kills his son Isaac in self-defence, 192. =Hd= Commands scouting
parties, 153; made a colonel of Indians on Haldimand's recommendation,
154; did not harm women or children, 154, 170; his success against rebel
force under Lockerby, 169; advises reserve for Six Nation Indians, 258;
highly esteemed by Haldimand, 300; Allan MacLean's opinion of, 308;
visits Haldimand in London, 327. =Bib.=: Stone, _Life of Brant_;
Cruikshank, _Joseph Brant in the American Revolution_; Eggleston, _Brant
and Red Jacket_; Ke-che-ah-gah-me-qua,