. The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history. ayendanegea, signifies abundle of sticks, or, in otherwords, strength, was born onthe bank of the Ohio, in 1742,whither his family had gone ona hunting trip. His mother re-turned to Can-a-jor-hee (In-dian Castle) with two children,Mary or Molly, and Thayen-danegea. His father, Te-ho-wagh-wen-ga-ragh-kwin, a chiefof the Wolf clan of the Mohawk,seems to have died in the Ohiocountry. His mother, afterher return, married an Indian called Car-ri-bo-go (news carrier)whom the whites named Barnet; which by contraction became Barntand finally Brant. Th
. The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history. ayendanegea, signifies abundle of sticks, or, in otherwords, strength, was born onthe bank of the Ohio, in 1742,whither his family had gone ona hunting trip. His mother re-turned to Can-a-jor-hee (In-dian Castle) with two children,Mary or Molly, and Thayen-danegea. His father, Te-ho-wagh-wen-ga-ragh-kwin, a chiefof the Wolf clan of the Mohawk,seems to have died in the Ohiocountry. His mother, afterher return, married an Indian called Car-ri-bo-go (news carrier)whom the whites named Barnet; which by contraction became Barntand finally Brant. Thayendanegea was called Joseph, and wasknown as Brants Joseph or Joseph Brant. Sir William Johnson sent young Brant to the school of , of Lebanon, Connecticut, and after he was well educatedfor those days, employed him as secretary and as agent in publicaffairs. He was employed as missionary interpreter from 1762 to1765, and exerted himself for the religious instruction of his tribe. Lossings explanation of the manner in which Thayenda-. JOSEPH BRANT (THAYENDANEGEA) The Joseph Brant of Romance and of Fact 261 1 negea got the name of Brant is quite ingenious and may betrue, but the name Brandt, a Mohawk Indian, appears in aconference held in Albany, in August, 1700, in connectionwith King Hendrick, and again in an Indian deed, also in con-nection with King Hendrick, dated July 10, 1714, which con-veys land that was formerly the site of the old Indian villageof Caughnawaga. When the Revolution broke out Joseph Brant attachedhimself to the British cause, left the Mohawk Valley, went toCanada, and in 1776 went to England, where his educationand his business and social connection with Sir William John-son gave him free access to the nobility. In 1786 he againvisited England. It is said that at a social function given inhis honor, he attended in all his gorgeous savage apparel, andwas the centre of attraction. During the evening he was ap-proached by the Turkish ambassador,
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