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This description is consistent with Joseph Brant leaving for Philadelphia in April butlingering quite a while until reaching Canandaigua New York on June the 1 st where hestayed a few days, meeting Hendrick Aupaumut while there (Aupaumut, 1827, p.78). Itis here also that Joseph procured a horse for Isaac who had likely just arrived to informhis uncle about the feelings of the Western Indians about his trip. (Kelsay, 1986, pp.466-7). Again, this series of events ties in exactly with the quote from the Aupaumut Diaryabove.At any rate, Joseph and party arrived on the 20 th of June, and returned from Philadelphiato reach Niagara on the 24 th of July 1792 (Kelsay, 1986, p.475). It would appear thatupon reaching Niagara Isaac was outfitted to take another message to the WesternIndians. As noted above, Zeisberger has him passing the Moravian Village on theThames River on the 17 th of August. At this point we can return to integrate the contentof the immensely valuable Aupaumut Journal.Aupaumut stated that on the 13 th of September (1792) Brant’s messengers arrived, elevenin number. The Head of them called Tawalooth. On the 17 th inst. This Tawalooth,Brant’s nephew, and now messenger, delivered a speech in a council (p.112). He gave aspeech on behalf of his uncle, the substance of which included the statement that, I havewonderfully got thro from here to Congress and back. I am much concerned for you butam lame and could not go at present - but will go and see you as soon as may be (Ibid.,p.112). Brant’s nephew also announced that he has come with 10 warriors to assist in thewar.Aupaumut believed that Brant’s nephew was causing severe problems for the “Americancause”, by delivering his uncle’s Message, and by his own artful lies being a proper Liaror Emmissary of the Devil. Aupaumut also noted that Tawalooth could speak theShawany tongue, also some other languages (p.113). It appears that this nephew ofJoseph Brant may have also been his translator – known from other records of this timeand place. More on this shortly. Joseph Brant arrived at the Council on the 11 th ofOctober and took over the role of delivering speeches. In one of the latter, the DelawareChief Big Cat noted, the Message of Brant reached our ears by his Nephew (p.124).Since Aupaumut spoke a language he said was close enough to Delaware so to bemutually intelligible, he is not going to mistake the Delaware words for “son” and“nephew”.Tawalooth may have been the “everyday name” or former name of Chief Karonghyontye– or a very bad phonetic rendition of the name, for example, Ka ra yoo th. There is no“L” sound in the Mohawk language (e.g., Gerin, 1899/00), although the name may havebeen a Mahican version of the sound or meaning.At this point we need to address a recurring problem. The identification or rathermisidentification of Tawalooth, Isaac Brant – Europeans contradicting what Aupaumutand other Indians had to say about family relationships. The above General Knoxreported to General Chapin on 27 June 1792, It is Well judged to deliver Captain15