Chapter VIII

Indian names—The Five Tribes—The Sixth—Confederation—Government—
Subdivisions—Origin—Hendrick—Death—Brant—Birth—Education—
Married—Teaching—Christianity—Brant elected Chief—Commissioned a
British Captain—Visits England—Returns—Leads his warriors to
battle—Efforts of Rebels to seduce Brant to their cause—
Attempted treachery of the Rebel Herkimer—Border warfare—
Wyoming—Attempt to blacken the character of Brant—His noble
conduct—Untruthful American History—The inhabitants of Wyoming—
The Rebels first to blame—Cherry Valley—Van Schaick—Bloody
orders—Terrible conduct of the Rebels, Helpless Indian families—
Further deeds of blood and rapine by the rebel Sullivan—A month
of horrible work—Attributes of cruelty more conspicuous in the
Rebels than in the Indians—The New Englander—Conduct toward the
Indians—Inconsistent—The “down trodden”—The Mohawks—Indian
agriculture—Broken faith with the Indians—Noble conduct of
Brant—After the war—His family—Death—Miss Molly—Indian usage—The
character of the Mohawk—The six Indians as Canadians—Fidelity to
the British—Receiving land—Bay Quinté—Grand River—Settling—
Captain Isaac, Captain John—At present—Mohawk Counsel 71

CHAPTER IX.

Individuals—Anderson—Bethune—Burwell—Butler—Canliff—Claus—Coffin—
Doune—Jarvis—Jones—McDonald—McGill—McGilles—Merrit—Munday—
Peters—Robinson—Singleton—Ross—McNab—Allen—Allison—Ashley—Bell—
Burritt—Casey—Carscallion—Church—Clark—Crawford—Dame—Daly—
Diamond 85

CHAPTER X.

Ferguson—Frazer—Gerollamy—Goldsmith—Harrison—Hudgins—Hicks—Howell—
Hover—Hogle—Ham—Herkimer—Holt—Jones—Johnson—Ketcheson—Loyst—
Myers—McArthur—Miller—Mordens—McDonald—McDonnell—McDonell—
Ostrom—Peterson 100

CHAPTER XI.

Rogers’ family—Ryerson—Redner—Sherwood—Taylor—Van Dusen—
Williamsburgh—Wright—Wilkins—Young—Officers who settled in
Niagara District 117

DIVISION II.

TRAVELING IN EARLY TIMES—ORIGINAL ROUTES.

CHAPTER XII.

Indian paths—Portages—Original French routes—Mer de Canada—
Original names of St. Lawrence—Ontario—Huron—Route by Bay
Quinté—Old French maps—Original English routes—Four ways from
Atlantic to the Lakes—Mississippi—Potomac—Hudson—Indian name of
Erie—From New York to Ontario—The Hudson River—Mohawk—Wood
creek—Oneida Lake—Oswego River—The carrying places—West Canada
Creek—Black River—Oswegotchie—The navigation—Military highway—
Lower Canada—An historic route—The paths followed by the
Loyalists—Indian paths north of Lake Ontario—Crossing the Lake—
From Cape Vincent to the Bay Quinté—From Oswego by Duck Islands—
East Lake—Picton Bay—Coasting Ontario—Two ways to Huron—By Bay
Quinté and Trent; by Don River—Lake Simcoe—Point Traverse—
Loyalists—Travelling by the St. Lawrence—First road—Long
remembered event 129