Girty

Girty is generally known as a villain because of two reasons: he sided with the British during the American Revolution and he was present at the torture and murder of a Colonel William Crawford – an act that allowed two other white settlers to escape and retell the story.

Legendary Americans You've Never Heard Of | myFiveBest 2009

One reason for adopting captives, such as Girty, was to increase their waning numbers.

Sherry Chandler 2009

"I want to tell you," called Girty, "that this place is surrounded by hundreds of warriors.

The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" 1890

Am yo 'name Girty? "asked Jethro, in doubt whether to permit the man to join him, now that his canoe was near enough to permit him to do so.

The Phantom of the River Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

"Girty," he said, slowly, "an offer something like this was made to me once before.

The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" 1890

The reality of the story is that Girty was hired by the British during the war and was a Loyalist.

Legendary Americans You've Never Heard Of | myFiveBest 2009

Known as a renegade and a monster, Simon Girty was a white settler in the Wheeling area that was captured by Indians at an early age and lived with them throughout most of his life.

Legendary Americans You've Never Heard Of | myFiveBest 2009

Girty and the Degenerative Myth of the American Frontier, 1783 -

Essays in History, Volume Forty Table of Contents 1998

But the worst of it is, and that's what makes her so wild and skeary, her father, Abel Doe, turned Injun himself, like Girty, Elliot, and the rest of them refugee scoundrels you've h'ard of.

Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird

Younker and Reynolds, uttering horrid yells, accompanied with kicks and blows; after which, a consultation was held between Girty and Wild-cat, wherein it was agreed to take them to Piqua, a Shawanoe settlement on the Miami, and there have them put to the tortures.

Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life Emerson Bennett