England and educated with special refer ence to missionary labor among the Indians,with whom he lived many years from his youth. At the outbreak of the war he was stationed at Oghkwaga, where he made no attempt to conceal his views from the Indians. In 1774, he was em ployed by the Continental congress to visit the New York and Canada tribes to ascertain the part they would probably For this purpose he take in the contest. assumed the disguise of an Indian trader and, supplied with goods, accomplished the object of his mission. An adopted son of the Oneidas, and regarded by them with more than parental affection, his influence over them was especially con
spicuous.
He was subsequently appointed
to the office of Indian agent, and during
the whole war of the revolution he con tinued his services to the country in that capacity. very considerable portion of the war he was stationed at Fort Stan wix,
and by virtue of his office, superintended the intercourse with the Indians. At the close of the war the Oneidas granted him a tract of land two miles square, lying on the Wood creek west of Rome, to which he removed in 1784. Here he continued two years, when he effected an
exchange with the nation for the tract of land lying in Westmoreland, known as Dean's patent, to which he removed, and where he continued to reside until his death in September,
Stone's Life
1832.
of'Brant , i, Appendix.
SAMUEL