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Edward A. Germain created AmericanRevolution. He was an avid historian with a keen interest in the Revolutionary War and American culture and society in the 18th century.

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On this website, he created and collated a huge collection of articles, images, and other media pertaining to the American Revolution. Edward was also a Vietnam veteran, and his investigative skills led to a career as a private detective in later life. Joseph Brant, American Indian Chief of the Mohawk tribe, known also by his Indian name, Thayendanegea, was born on the banks of the Ohio river in In early youth he attracted the attention of Sir William Johnson, who sent him to be educated by Dr.

Subsequently he settled at Canajoharie, or Upper Mohawk Castle in what is now Montgomery county, New York , where, as a devout churchman, he devoted himself to missionary work, and translated the Anglican catechism and St. When Guy Johnson — 88 succeeded his uncle, Sir William, as superintendent of Indian affairs in , Brant became his secretary.

At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he remained loyal, was commissioned colonel, and organized and led the Mohawks and other Indians allied to the British against the settlements on the New York frontier. Leger which resulted in the Battle of Oriskany on 6 August After the war he discouraged the continuance of Indian warfare on the frontier, and aided the commissioners of the United States in securing treaties of peace with the Miamis and other western tribes.

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Settling in Upper Canada he again devoted himself to missionary work and in visited England, where he raised funds with which was erected the first Episcopal church in Upper Canada. His character was a peculiar compound of the traits of an Indian warrior — with few rivals for daring leadership — and of a civilized politician and diplomat of the more conservative type.

He died on an estate granted him by the British government on the banks of Lake Ontario on 24 November A monument was erected to his memory at Brantford named in his honour , Ontario, Canada in