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the signature. This will be important, but complicated by a number of factors, as we shallsee shortly.1780 - 1790There are multiple sources of evidence that David Hill, Chief Karonghyontye, (who diedin November 1790), was an important war chief during the American Revolution (seenumerous entries in for example the Papers and Records of Sir Frederick Haldimand).Later he was a Six Nations messenger and ambassador to other Indian Nations whoresided in the American Republic, and the Western Indians of the Sandusky, Ohio region(then the “Northwest”). For example in August 1782 Joseph Brant was sent by theanxious Indians at Oswego with David Hill and a Cayuga Chief to Quebec to seeGovernor Haldimand to air grievances (Kelsay, 1986). Hill also joined Joseph Brant as aMohawk deputy at the Ft. Stanwix Treaty 10 September 1784 (Public Papers of GeorgeClinton, Vol. 8, p.370). He was, frequently sent on embassies for the Six Nations and wasrecorded as being accompanied by “Captain Isaac Brant” 7 November 1788 at Mariettaand recorded in the diary of Rev. John Heckewelder (Wallace, 1958, p.415).Heckewelder said that among the Mohawks who visited, was Capt. David, a high chief ofthe 6 Nations & a Mohawk by birth. Heckewelder further said that David and, Col.Brand’s son who was also with the party are distinguished – looking & very modestpersons, & both speak English well (Ibid., p.228). This does not at all sound like adescription of Isaac, Joseph’s son. Instead David Hill may have been accompanied by apossible “understudy”, his sister’s son who was also a relative to Joseph Brant. HoweverIsaac the nephew was never known in any other source as “Captain” at such an early date(as described in the Addendum). It can then be assumed that Wallace was referring to thetitle (Captain) Isaac may have used at a later date. Furthermore, two years later, in thespring of 1790, the Six Nations sent Isaac (Brant), Joseph Brant’s nephew to the Miamichiefs recommending that they should “keep a low profile” for the moment (MG19,Claus Papers, 4, p.213) [obtain original]. The Miami chiefs, in their letter to Claus of 3May 1790, clearly identify Isaac as Joseph’s nephew, not his son of the same name.Perhaps this is David Hill’s successor who, as we shall see, clearly followed in Hill’sfootsteps from 1791. One of David’s last “offical acts” was his appearance with JosephBrant in Albany on 16 June 1790 when the former gave a speech to the Committee of theCorporation of Albany (Hist. Soc. Penn., Gratz Coll.).Hence, sometime around November 1790 the Mohawk maternal nephew of David Hillwould have obtained the medal or gorget and, after his mother’s approval, presented it tothe Six Nations in Council, and was raised up as Karonghyontye (Flying Sky). Hopefullyhis name will be found in documentary sources circa 1792 (date of the Campbell Diaryentry). Alas, as was noted earlier, there is no list of chiefs as would be found on a deedor in Council minutes, pertaining to this time period, so we must turn elsewhere.1792Recall that it has been documented that the brother of Lt. John Young’s wife Catharinehad succeeded to all or part of the “honours and titles” of their uncle David Hill at the13