GCL3161490: JOSEPH BRANT (1742-1807) Native American name: Thayendanegea. Mohawk Native American chief. Brant intercedes to prevent the death by torture of captured American captain John McKinsty upon learning that he is a fellow Freemason, following the Battle of the Cedars in Quebec, May 1776. Steel engraving, French, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images