Chapter XV
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CHAPTER XV.
Domestic relations of Brant—Account of his family—Bad character of his eldest son—His death by the hand of his father—Condolence of the Chiefs—Grief of the father at the event—Anxiety for the education of his sons—Proposed memorial to the Duke of Portland—Letter of Brant to Colonel Smith—Correspondence with the Wheelock Family—Letter from Brant to James Wheelock—Two of his sons sent to Dartmouth—Various letters from and to the Wheelocks—Correspondence upon other subjects—Reply to the questions, whether the Indians have beards—Letter from Bishop Peters—Views or Brant on imprisonment for debt—Tumuli—Opinion of Brant touching their origin—Indian tradition of white settlements cut off in a single night—Investigations of Samuel Woodruff—Brant's inquiries in Paris—The discoveries of the Northmen—Review of the life and character of Brant—His death.
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