ministry, and which he received after his arrival in Montreal. These instructions were under date July 5th and July 24th.

In the former he was advised to inform the Indians that in con

" unnatural rebellion" which had broken out, the "immediate consideration" of the grievances of which they

sequence of the

Connecticut claimed by virtue of the The boundaries of its original charter. deed which they had received was set aside in the agreement of 1768.

John Johnson was the son of Sir William by his first wife. He was born in 1742,

and succeeded

his father to his

He was not 1774. as popular as his father, being less social and less acquainted with human nature, His official relations to the parent government, and his known opposition to the rebellious movements of the colonies, ca used him to be strictly watched, and, as we have noted in the text, not without

title

and

estates in

just cause.

Expelled from his estate, his

property confiscated, his family in exile,

he

became an uncompromising enemy

to the patriots, and exerted his influence against them until the close of the war.

Soon after the

close of the

war he went

to England, and, on returning in 1785, settled in Canada. was appointed

He

superintendent and inspector general of Indian affairs in North America, and for several

years

he was a member of the

To

com legislative council of Canada. pensate him for his losses, the British government made him lands.

He