ted with this
renowned place. Sir William Johnson, a Major-General in the British
army, came to Johnstown and took up his residence in that place. Whilst
there he had some business to transact with the Indians, who frequently
came to that place to trade. He there became acquainted with a young
squaw, Holly Brant, the daughter of the famous war-chief of the Mohawk
Indians, and was so much enamored with her virtue, wit and beauty, that
he asked the chief's consent to give him the hand of his daughter in
marriage. After some hesitation the chief consented, and his daughter,
the Forest Queen, was sent for. She came dressed in simple Indian
costume, ornamented with wampum, wearing fawn-skin moccasins embroidered
with the quills of the porcupine; her long flowing dress was decked with
roses. Sir William had been a guest at the Royal Court of England, where
fair women flashed with diamonds and brave men whirled in the giddy
dance, but none seemed to him to possess that beauty and grace which
appeared in this young Forest Queen. In short, he admired her more than
he did all the fair daughters of Eastern climes.

Sir William was so much enamored with her artless grace that they were
soon united in marriage, and he took her to his mansion to grace its
stately halls as she had the cabin of the Indian chief, her father, who
was considered by the Indians equal in rank to Sir William Johnson.

Beauty's spell flowed from her eyes,
A radiant splendor wreathed her hair,
And fondly sweet perfection lingered there,
From which all human virtues gently flow.

In due time the chief came to visit Sir William and his daughter, and
was invited by them to tarry with them for a time. The invitation was
accepted by the chief. After viewing the stately halls hung with maps,
pictures and mirrors, he retired to rest. Not being accustomed to sleep
on beds of down, fenced in with lofty ceiling, his sleep was disturbed
with dreams. He dreamed of palaces beyond the sea, with high towering
domes and gilded halls, and warriors with golden epaulettes and flashing
sabres, and plumes that nodded as they marched to battle. All these
grand views formed within his breast a desire for military glory.

Finally he awoke with the first rays of the morning, with a pleasing
dream impressed upon his memory, and when he arose he related the dream
to Sir William and his wife. He said he had dreamed that Sir William
gave him his uniform, covered with g