Johnson, Sir William
In 1759 he captured Fort Niagara, and in 1760 he served with Gen. Jeffery Amherst in the capture of Montreal. He had been appointed general superintendent of Indian affairs north of the Ohio in 1756, and after the Peace of Paris (1763) his office was of great significance in the vast new areas gained from France. His chief lieutenants were GeorgeCroghan; Johnson's son-in-law, GuyJohnson; his son, Sir JohnJohnson; and Daniel Claus. AlthoughPontiac's Rebellionand British economy measures prevented him from establishing the centralized control over natives and fur traders that he desired, he did much to further British rule in the formerly French territories. He presided at the council ofFort Stanwix(1768). His papers have been edited by the New York State Division of Archives (13 vol., 1921–62).
See biographies by A. Pound and R. Day (1930, repr. 1971), J. T. Flexner (1959), and F. O'Toole (2005).
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