Joseph Brant, born in 1742, was a Mohawk chief who helped gain 
Indian support for the British in the French and Indian War between 
1754 and 1763. From 1763 to 1776, Brant and his tribe assisted the 
British in the American Revolution by attacking the American 
settlers. After the Revolution, unable to negotiate a land settlement 
with the American government, Brant obtained a land grant in 
Canada and he and his followers settled in the area now known as 
Brantford, Ontario, which was named after him. The last years of his 
life were spent seeing to the welfare of his people and translating the 
Bible into the Mohawk language. He died in 1807.