Hendrick, or Tiyanoga the Great (c. 1680-1755), was a renowned 
sachem or chief of the Mohawk Indians, one of the six Iroquois 
nations inhabiting the New York area. Hendrick was also one of the 
four Indian leaders sent on a luxury tour of London in 1710 and 
presented to Queen Anne, in an effort to ensure Iroquois support of t 
he British. Hendrick later befriended William Johnson, who came to 
the Mohawk Valley in 1738 to manage his uncle's land. When 
Johnson requested help from the Iroquois in the French and Indian 
War, Hendrick volunteered. They fought together at the Battle of 
Lake George in 1755. Thanks to Hendrick's aid Johnson won the 
battle and was rewarded a baronetcy, but Hendrick himself was 
killed. Though Iroquois losses were severe, the victory was crucial to 
the British and led to teh end of France's dominion in the New World.