. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . d the French and Indians, at the battle of LakeGeorge. For his success he received the thanks of parliament and wascreated a baronet. He took part in a number of other expeditionsagainst the French and Indians, and as a reward for his services theking granted him a tract of 100,000 acres of land north of the MohawkRiver. It was in a great measure due to his influence that the Iro-quois remained f
. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . d the French and Indians, at the battle of LakeGeorge. For his success he received the thanks of parliament and wascreated a baronet. He took part in a number of other expeditionsagainst the French and Indians, and as a reward for his services theking granted him a tract of 100,000 acres of land north of the MohawkRiver. It was in a great measure due to his influence that the Iro-quois remained faithful to the cause of the colonies up to the time ofthe Revolutionary War. In 1739 Johnson married Catherine Wisen-berg, by whom he had three children. After her death he had variousmistresses, including a niece of the Indian chief Hendrick, and MollyBrant, a sister of the famous chief, Joseph Brant. It is said that hewas the father of 100 children in all. After the French and IndianWar he retired to the present Johnstown. After 1763 the fort was occupied by his son Sir John, who,during the War of Independence organized a loyalist regimentknown as the Queens Royal Greens, which he led at the. Joseph Brant, Thayendanegea (1742-1807)(From original painting by Romney in collection of Earl of Warwick)Chief Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) of the Mohawk tribe was an unusualcharacter, combining the savage traits of an Indian Warrior and the more civilizedqualities of a politician and diplomat. Born on the banks of the Ohio River, hewas sent to an Indian charity school (now Dartmouth College) at Lebanon, Conn.,by Sir William Johnson. He fought with the English in the French and IndianWar and with the Iroquois against Pontiac in 1763. Subsequently he became adevout churchman and settled at Canajoharie or Upper Mohawk castle, where hedevoted himself to missionary work and translated the Prayer Book and St. MarksCospel into the Mohawk tongue. In the Revolutionary War he led the Mohawksand
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