BRANDT. 
sword, had entered into conversation with Co¬ 
lonel Johnston, who commanded the British 
troops, and they were talking together in the 
most friendly manner, when Brandt, having 
stolen slily behind them, laid the American 
officer lifeless on the ground with a blow of 
his tomahawk. The indignation of Sir John 
Johnston, as may readily be supposed, was 
roused by such an act of treachery, and he 
resented it in the warmest language. Brandt 
listened to him unconcernedly, and when he 
had finished, told him, that he was sorry what 
he had done had caused his displeasure, but 
that indeed his heel was extremely painful at 
the moment, and he could not help revenging 
himself on the only chief of the party that he 
saw taken. Since he had killed the officer, 
his heel, he added, was much less painful to 
him than it had been before. 
When the war broke out, the Mohawks 
resided in the Mohawk River, in the state of 
New York, but on peace being made, they 
emigrated into Upper Canada, and their prin¬ 
cipal village is now situated on the Grand Ri¬ 
ver, w hich falls into Lake Erie on the north 
side, about sixty miles from the town of 
Newark or Niagara; there Brandt at present 
resides. He has built a comfortable habita¬ 
tion for himself, and any stranger that visits 
him may rest assured of being well received. 
