. Webster's calendar, or, The Albany, Columbia, Montgomery, and Washington almanack, for the year of our Lord ... . pistols, the gift of theDuke of Northumberland ; there lies his tomahawk ; yonder hangsthe queer conch-shell medal which he wore, and in the corner is flunghis small sword, its ivory handle studded with gems, a testimonial fromhis sacred majesty, George the Third, to his gallant and faith I ul ally. It is thought, thatthe boys of thelast generation, whosemassy locks havegrown scant and sil-very since they fol-lowed the fortunes ofBrant through bulky vol-umes, might car
. Webster's calendar, or, The Albany, Columbia, Montgomery, and Washington almanack, for the year of our Lord ... . pistols, the gift of theDuke of Northumberland ; there lies his tomahawk ; yonder hangsthe queer conch-shell medal which he wore, and in the corner is flunghis small sword, its ivory handle studded with gems, a testimonial fromhis sacred majesty, George the Third, to his gallant and faith I ul ally. It is thought, thatthe boys of thelast generation, whosemassy locks havegrown scant and sil-very since they fol-lowed the fortunes ofBrant through bulky vol-umes, might care tolearn a few particularsconcerning the laterand less eventful his-tory of the gallant and la-mented Col. JohnBrant, fell a victim tothe Asiatic cholera in1832. He devisedhis property to hissister Elizabeth, whobecame the owner ofan ^estate of baronialproportions. She mar-ried her cousin Wil-liam Johnson Kerr,whose blood of a longline of forest kin^swas mingled withthat of the most ancient of the Scottish nobility. He died at the hiBrant mansion at Wellington, in 1842, and she survived her husband. JOSEPH I3RANT. No. 46 State Street, Albany, N. Y. but a few hours. Capt. Brunt and his son sleep in the ground attachedto the old Mohawkchurch near Brant-ford. Mr. and left four child-ren j Walter the eld-est inherited the prin-cipal chieftain-ship ofthe Six Nations. Thelast tekarihogea ofthe Iroquois was Simoe Kerr, whodied on the 17th Feb.,1875. The expandingintelligence of thepeople and the infec-tious example of theSeuecas of New Yorkthreaten the over-throw of the ancientform of government,and the adoption ofanother more compa-tible with 700 of the Mo-hawks reside nearBrantford, and theresidue about 300 liveon the Bay of reader will be in-terested in followingMr. Bryants accountof this family to itsextinction, the last ofthe Brants havingdied Feb. 15. 1876.—Sue Indian Mis., p. 145-157
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