Simon Girty
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title:
Simon Girty
text:
Simon Girty was a Pennsylvania-born frontiersman. As a child he and his brothers James and George were captured and adopted by Native Americans. During the American Revolutionary War, after attempting to join the Pennsylvania Continental Army he became a Loyalist and an agent of the British Indian Department, serving as a guide and interpreter with indigenous warriors who fought against American troops. He played a similar role during the Northwest Indian War. Girty was also known by his Seneca
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American frontiersman, Loyalist, soldier, and interpreter
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Girty
date created:
2004-11-19T00:48:12Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T11:59:03Z
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