Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet

Sir William Johnson was an Irish-born colonial official in New York who became British superintendent of Indian affairs for the northern colonies in 1756. Settled in the Mohawk valley, he learned the Mohawk language, took Molly Brant as his consort and built close ties with the Iroquois. He led colonial and Iroquois forces to victory at Lake George in 1755, took Fort Niagara in 1759 and negotiated the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768.