Booshway
| You might want to check out Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman. Johnson was a very important and influential person during The French & Indian War...this book also has some writings on Stark's and Rogers Rangers... Andy
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Pilgrim
| "Mohawk Baronet: A Biography of Sir William Johnson" by James Thomas Flexner might be another source of good information. I say might be only because I myself have yet to read this book but would certainly like to. An interesting and complex character. |
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Booshway
| An interesting and complex character is right. Probably walked the line between loyalty to Brittan and also to the Iroquois confederation as well as possible. Pulled off a couple important victories during the seven year war. Probably did resent any intrusion by Rogers into what he considered his realm. Whether he was the conniving villain portrayed by Kenneth Roberts, Don't know. Northwest Passage is the only book I've ever read that in, and it's a novel. But there are a lot of history books I haven't read. He's supposed to have pulled some dirty deals on the Ohio country tribes. Like most all people he was probably neither all good nor all bad. |
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Factor
| When Sir William died in '73, perhaps as a result of venereal disease, there was a large hole in the diplomatic relationship between Britain and the Iroquois League that was only partially filled by his successor. On the other hand, good old Willie acquired a lot of land from the Iroquois for his estate, and was said to have fathered a few children out of wedlock, too. I'd say he was a mixed bag, looking out for himself as well as his "family," the Iroquois. Dick
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