The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-25
IN RIcHARp sPILLANE.

az RHLHA1B SFALLfAlN X
ursrs Thayendanegea, whom the
-.-7 knows best as Joseph BTant, was
- there is no record The Indians
~ M beraId's college or parish regis
- rror what tribe ne came is a mys-
W There is reason to believe that he
Shawnee. that he was born in
20 IN Ohio. and that he, his sister and
Il. mather were captured by the IrO-
--,is ia one of their raids into the Ohio
Whatever they were TO begin with
.ssr were M0haWks from the time they
s-rirsd i'm the Indian village at what
van is CqnaiOharie, n. Y, until they
Hsf The mother married a Mohawk
-bssf named Carri-hOgO, or News Car
FER whose Christian name was Brant,
and the little boy, who was destined to
b.eoma the greatest Indian in history,
was referred TO as BTant's Joseph and
bfsr f1r want Of a better name, called
himself Joseph Brant Queer compound
Of pagan and Christian, of savage and
civilized man he developed into. RienZi.
bv-b0rn Roman. rose to be ruler of
Rome leader of his people, friend of
r
Clement VI. Rienzi planned the liberia
ton of an oppressed people, but sullied
his fair name by numbering his best
friend Brant. the obscure Indian, rose
TO 2 position of power and prominence
such as no other red man ever has
gained He. too. was leader of his peO-
DE and friend of great men such as
Charles James Fox and King George
IT, He too. planned the liberation of
an oppressed people and sullied his
tns not by massaCring unprotected
whites, but by Staying his son with a
tlllhswk And, like Rienzi, he had a
strong religious bent. Rienz pro-
lgiud the republic of Rome by aU-
torty Of the most mercifuI Lord Jesus
Christ" Joseph Brant translated the
ssqd Of st, Mark and the Book Of
Cannon Prayer into Mohawk and
preached the gospel TO the braves he LED
On expeditions Of murder and rapine.
Perhaps Joseph Brant never would
1--we been heard of had it not been for
A, illicit relations his sister held with
Sir William Johnson. that remaFka BILE
lShman who came to America to look
ats grant Of land made to his uncle,
Admiral Warren. and who gained the
greatest influence over the Indians any
White man ever had obtained, and who
dei the greatest landed proprietor in
The western world.
Sir William and Molly.
Until Molly Brant. who was seve1
years older than her brother. caught the
ancy Of Sir William, the boy led the
careless untrammeIed life of other In
lan lads, but when Sir William took
Molly Brant into his household ne also
UoA Joseph Brant under his care. The
lssluon Sir William held was unique.
DE practically was the only English
s.tahllg person in whom the Indians
paced absolute trust in those days be-
-it me revolution, and particularly in
-lse days the French, under MOntcalm,
Ii- lne English, under Amherst, were
-t1ssilng for the prize of a continent.
I-s indians held the balance of power.
--- lor Sir William few Indian tribes
.5--l nave cast their lot with the Brit
-- Ills mastery OF the Six Nations
-3s second only 10 that which Brant
21--,ys5llenty obtained. He had estab-
-sled IN ll3S, as his uncle's agent. at
lY.nt on the Mohawk river. which he
---y4 NarrensburE, a little settlement
y DIlel, Scotch and Irish colonists.
~ 49, ne oullr flour mills, made roads
- --- cleared lands Five years later,
I5s-.,a1lils on his own account, he bought
,-- and built a home at Mount John
H.. ~ no" the city of Amsterdam. n. Y.
LJI When his fortune was immense,
J b, --.it johnson halI, at what now is
~ Gown, N. Y 1t was at that time
T-- ,..-59l mansion iu America.
sen ne settled i'm WarTensburg In
a. .- u AFFAIRS were in a sorry state. Most
49, I-1 -laGers were unprincipled scoun-
m VINO robbed the red men at every
n, Johnson traded with the Indians.
5s-r.o5~l was scrupulOusly honest in his
rs-,--ss' lie was a man of broad edu-
s.-,5.-,, wise, tolerant and truthful. He
1r5---- me Indian languages and the
Tr,,-,--ss themselves. He learned to speak
AZ 80 as Huen-ly as he did English.
,o-,-,, .- --aa7isJTate, and later as Indian
thar, 7-'leT, he was absolutely Just TO
B,r,- ne did much to stop the sale of
e-s - - me Indians and to compel trad
sas-s. ota- honestly with them. And.
lr9-.-. lAe fact that previous to taking
ri.L' hIant into his household he lived
izs5 6-y.aer Indian woman, he organ
s,l,,i-l o.t.estant missions and mission
Trss.s throughout the Six Nations.
e5r~t..- missions probably were more to
Eirs go me work of the French Je-
ths T, s-.--I -3r the spiritual welfare of
,lsS,.7 li1ed the utmost fnesse and pa
Esb ,--- 10y a representative Of the Eng
he rT53l-- sls 10 hold the good will of
Fran - ,.----, IN those times. As between
Indian. 73a ENGLAND it was natural the
E-g-s-l should favor the French. The
isri1r ----. lied the Indians as an in
sprss5i--lt..e and. as Colonists. were
irg ms OUT further and further. TAX
dams M ana more land from the In
as so,,,l Inc French treated the Indians
nsrris-.s' and there was much inter
es,sbIl5L between them. The French
uesl o..t. few cities. such as Mon
nerrrs~ teoec and Louisburg. and nu-
sbEs5 u,adlns posts, but did not es-
r7fr+o.ll oi.onleS. On the contrary. thew
Eith ~ me most friendly relations
and dsi,-.--il,d lans. The English robbed
5efrie,.'55 7sed the Indian ana the Frencl,
Sir VIM -T44! and cultivated him.
Ia ~ ~ imam. by answering fidelity 70
q tbs ~. Won not only the members
'4 Nations to the British cause.