Sir+John+Johnson

=Sir John Johnson= ==Sir John Johnson came into the world in 1741. When his father died [|he] took over his role as Britian's [|agent] in the Mohawk Valley. When Fort Stanwix was being raded by the British, the patriots were sending troops to relieve the siege. When the British learned of this, they sent Sir John Johnson along with Colonel John Butler to ambush them before they completed the march. Along a bog, SIr Johnson's Greens were stationed on a rise, while 400 Indian allies were hid in the surrounding bog. When the patriots [|came] through, Johnson fired at them and his [|men] and indians shot at the patriots from three sides. Johnson's men fought hard, but eventually fled. Johnson took part in other later attempts at Fort Stanwix. When he returned to his camp from [|battle], he found it was had been raided. St. Leger raided Fort Stanwix while Johnson fought the patriots. Then Johnson returned, and the British did take the Fort.==