Date: Signed 1768 This treaty was meant to resolve ongoing land disputes between the Indigenous peoples and ever-encroaching Colonists. King George III had established a boundary line in 1763, but it had no basis in reality. Colonists were already living west of the line when it was drawn - not to mention the land wasn't really the King's to divvy up (I'm sure that just slipped his mind - Kings can be notoriously forgetful, the poor darlings, when it comes to the rights of others...). Johnson made a fortune speculating on land - I imagine this treaty was quite a windfall for him.