TH&B - Catherine Adonwentishon Brant Traditional Cache
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TH&B - Catherine Adonwentishon Brant
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This geocache is part of the new "TH&B" series meant to draw attention to important local historical figures, as well as important historical events in and around the area along the old TH&B Railway (Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway). Bring your own pencil and replace the cache exactly as you found it.
CATHERINE BRANT - Catherine Adonwentishon Croghan married Joseph Brant in the winter of 1780 at Fort Niagara. Catherine's parents were George Croghan, the prominent American colonist and Indian agent, and Catharine Tekarihoga, a Mohawk. Catherine, known as Adonwentishon, was head of the Turtle clan, the first in rank in the Mohawk Nation. Her birthright was to name the Tekarihoga, the principal sachem of the Mohawk nation. She was also related to John Smoke Johnson, a grandson of Sir William Johnson and relative of Chief Hendrick. Joseph and Catherine had seven children: Joseph (1784), Jacob (1785), John (whom Catherine selected as Tekarihoga at the appropriate time - 1786), Margaret (1788), Catherine (1790), Mary (1794), and Elizabeth (who married William Johnson Kerr, grandson of William Johnson - 1796).
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