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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