History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,): with special reference to the Bay QuintéCanniff, William
History
History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,): with special reference to the Bay Quinté
Canniff, William
Ontario -- History; Quinte, Bay of (Ont.)
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.
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