Boundary negotiations culminating in the Treaty of Fort Stanwix

Johnson, who had learned Mohawk customs and served as British agent to the Iroquois, negotiated the boundary details with Haudenosaunee representatives, assisted by his deputy George Croghan. Negotiators from New Jersey, Virginia and Pennsylvania accompanied the British side. The final treaty was signed on November 5 with one signatory for each of the Six Nations. It established a Line of Property following the Ohio River, ceding Kentucky and most of present-day West Virginia to the Crown, and settled claims with the Penn family. Shawnee and Lenape representatives attended but did not sign; the Shawnee resisted the cession until 1774.