John Butler

John Butler (1728–1796) is a Loyalist who leads an irregular militia unit known as Butler's Rangers on the northern frontier in New York during the American Revolutionary War.

Born in Connecticut, he moves to New York with his family, where he learns several Iroquoian languages and works as an interpreter in the fur trade.

He is well-equipped to work with Mohawk and other Iroquois Confederacy warriors who become allies of the British during the rebellion.

During the War, Butler leads Seneca and Cayuga forces in the Saratoga campaign in New York.

He later raises and commands a regiment of rangers, which includes affiliated Mohawk and other Iroquois nations' warriors.

They conducts raids in central New York west of Albany, including what becomes known among the rebels as the Cherry Valley Massacre.

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