Rick Hill, Behind the Scenes

11/04/2012
• Turtle Clan, Mohawk
Nation (1794 – 1832)
• Said to have been
under the guidance
of Capt. Jacobs, a
well trained warrior,
at Queenston
Heights.
• Was at Beaver Dams,
Chippawa, Lundy’s
Lane and Fort Erie.
• Given Chief’s title
Tekarihó:ken .
• British Lieutenant Francis Hall wrote in 1816:
• "a fine young man, of gentlemanlike appearance, who
used the English language agreeably and correctly,
dressing in the English fashion, excepting only the
moccasins of his Indian habit."
• In 1819 James Buchanan, British consul general to
New York (1817 to 1825) reported that John’s
mother, Adonwentishon, disapproved of his
conforming so much to the habits and customs of
the English. Brant is quoted:
• “I might have married a fine English lady. I was
thought something of there, even by the nobility. I was
considered almost a king. But to . . . bring her here and
let her see the degraded state of the people that I ruled,
would have broken her heart.”
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