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Article: Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea) (1743?-1807)
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Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) (1743?-1807)
Mohawk tribal leader
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Named Thayendanegea (
“
He Places Together Two Bets
”
) by his people, Joseph Brant was born into a prominent Mohawk family on the New York frontier. His father was Tehonwaghkwangeraghkwa, or Nickus Brant, while his grandfather was Sagayeeanquarashtow, one of the four native
“
kings
”
who visited London in the early eighteenth century. Molly, his older sister, was the influential consort of the wealthy landowner and merchant Sir William Johnson, superintendent of the Northern District for Indian Affairs. Brant married Margaret, the daughter of the Oneida leader ...
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