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vincial government. Early in 1789 he had gone to Montreal on a 

 mission intended tç effect the removal of the Reverend John Stuart 

 from Kingston to the Grand River in the capacity of resident clergy- 

 man among the Mohawks. He was unsuccessful in this move, and 

 even after the Reverend Robert Addison settled at Niagara in 1792 

 as missionary to the whites and Indians alike, Brant had to content 

 himself with the services of one of his own tribesmen as lay reader, 

 and such infrequent visits as Mr. Addison and Mr. Stuart could pay 

 to the reservation. During this period also Brant translated the entire 

 liturgy and a primer into the Mohawk language, while his friend and 

 fellow-chief, John Norton, translated the Gospel of John, which was 

 published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.^ 



THE LONG POINT SETTLEMENT. 



The County of Norfolk, which lies southwest of the Grand River 

 and fronts on Lake Erie, shared in the new immigration of Loyalists 

 and others resulting from Simcoe's efforts. It may properly be 

 included, therefore, with the larger area of peninsular settlement. 

 The original movement into this region, familiarly known as the 

 Long Point country, extended to Walsingham, Charlotteville, Wood- 

 house, Townsend, and Windham townships, and perhaps also to 

 Walpole, which adjoins Norfolk County on the east. 



We have already seen that Governor Simcoe issued a proclama- 

 tion early in February, 1792, declaring his authority to grant Crown 

 lands to persons seeking homes in Upper Canada. This proclamation 

 was followed a few months later by Simcoe's announcement of his 

 purpose to occupy a post near Long Point in the spring of 1793, 

 and by a letter to the home government expressing a preference for 

 "brave and determined loyalists" as settlers at Long Point, "such as 

 those from Pennsylavnia and Maryland .... who had sent an 

 agent to ascertain what arrangement could be made for their removal 

 to the province." The party referred to in this letter was probably 

 that of Solomon Austin, comprising 12 families from Maryland and 

 North Carolina, for which John Davis acted as emissary. On receiving 

 a favorable report from Mr. Davis, the members of the party set out 

 in covered wagons, bringing their household effects and some farm 

 animals with them. The little caravan reached the Niagara frontier 

 in June, 1793, and halted at old Niagara, while Mr. Austin continued 

 his journey to Long Point to inspect land for settlement. He chose 

 a place in the Lynn River valley in Woodhouse Township. On his 

 return to the frontier Mr. Austin found his family unable to proceed at 



1 Stone, Life of Brant, II, 287, 288. 



