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George Henry Martin Johnson (Onwanonsyshon) (October 7, 1816 – February 19, 1884) was a member of the Wolf clan and selected as a hereditary chief of the Mohawk of the Six Nations in Canada; he also served as an official interpreter and informal diplomat between the Mohawk and Canadian governments.
JOHNSON, GEORGE HENRY MARTIN (Onwanonsyshon), Six Nations chief and interpreter; b. 7 Oct. 1816 at Bow Park, near Brantford, Upper Canada, eldest son of John “Smoke” Johnson and Helen Martin; d. 19 Feb. 1884 at Chiefswood, near Brantford, Ont.
Chief George Henry Martin Johnson—as his name is recorded in full —was born on the 7th of October, 1816, at what is now known as Bow. 132 CHIEF. GEORGE. H. M. JOHNSON. River Reserve, where his parents resided. Of his father, an eminent war-chief and orator of the Six Nations, who bore a notable part as a military leader in the war o.
George Henry Martin Johnson was born October 1816 at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. He attended residential school at the Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Ontario. George became a Chief on the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council, succeeding his uncle Henry Martin as Chief.
George Henry Martin Johnson (Onwanonsyshon) was a member of the Wolf clan and selected as a hereditary chief of the Mohawk of the Six Nations in Canada; he also served as an official interpreter and informal diplomat between the Mohawk and Canadian governments.
Jun 24, 2020 · Chiefs from the Six Nations reading wampum belts in Brantford, Ont., in September 1871. Joseph Snow, George Henry Martin Johnson, John Buch, John Smoke Johnson, Isaac Hill, John Seneca...
May 16, 2011 · George Henry Martin Johnson, a Mohawk chief, constructed the house from1853 to 1856 using walnut trees from the surrounding area, as a present for his English-born wife, Emily Susanna Howells. The impressive home has two “front doors” – one facing the river welcoming those traveling by canoe, and another facing the road.
