rliament and was created a baronet. He took part in a number of
other expeditions against the French and Indians, and as a reward
for his services the king granted him a tract of 100,000 acres of
land north of the Mohawk River. It was in a great measure due to
his influence that the Iroquois remained faithful to the cause of
the colonies up to the time of the Revolutionary War. In 1739
Johnson married Catherine Wisenberg, by whom he had three
children. After her death he had various mistresses, including a
niece of the Indian chief Hendrick, and Molly Brant, a sister of
the famous chief, Joseph Brant. It is said that he was the father
of 100 children in all. After the French and Indian War he
retired to the present Johnstown.

[Illustration: Joseph Brant, "Thayendanegea" (1742-1807)

(_From original painting by Romney in collection of Earl of
Warwick_)

Chief Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) of the Mohawk tribe was an
unusual character, combining the savage traits of an Indian
Warrior and the more civilized qualities of a politician and
diplomat. Born on the banks of the Ohio River, he was sent to an
Indian charity school (now Dartmouth College) at Lebanon, Conn.,
by Sir William Johnson. He fought with the English in the French
and Indian War and with the Iroquois against Pontiac in 1763.
Subsequently he became a devout churchman and settled at
Canajoharie or Upper Mohawk castle, where he devoted himself to
missionary work and translated the Prayer Book and St. Mark's
Gospel into the Mohawk tongue. In the Revolutionary War he led the
Mohawks and other Indians friendly to the British against the
settlements on the N.Y. frontier, even taking part, despite his
religion, in the Cherry Valley Massacre. After the war he aided
the U.S. in securing treaties of peace with the Miamis and other
western tribes. Subsequently he went to Canada as a missionary,
and in 1786 visited England, where he raised funds with which was
erected the first Episcopal Church in Upper Canada. Brant sat for
his picture several times in England, once in 1776, at the request
of Boswell (the author of the "Life of Johnson"), and during the
same visit for the Romney portrait, at Warwick's request. In 1786
he was painted for the Duke of Northumberland and for a miniature
to present to his daughter.]

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