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This article white washes Simon Girty too much. --Blue Tie 03:17, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That depends entirely which side you're on. Many Native-Americans ("Indians") might well consider him a hero -- like the way we Americans and English view those Germans who turned against Hitler during World War II. (71.22.47.232 (talk) 07:07, 4 November 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Simon Girty was a Hero.

I'd like somebody to substantiate the folklore that Simon Girty had a brother George that had a trading post on Girty's Island*, which is on the Maumee River in present-day Henry County, Ohio. Legend has it that the island was guarded by a brass cannon at its eastern end and Simon hid on the island while being pursued.

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Musicwriter (talk) 01:52, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Simon Girty had a brother named George, but it was his brother James Girty who had the trading post near (not on) Girty's Island, according to Butterfield's History of the Girtys. Butterfield's book is old, but he was a careful historian, more skeptical of folklore than other writers of his era. I don't think Butterfield says anything about a cannon on the island or Simon hiding there. How effective would a single cannon be in defending an island? Sounds like it could be a fanciful legend. —Kevin Myers 04:07, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Simon Girty appears in several of the "Founding of America" books by Allen Ekhart. It is mentioned that Simon had several brothers that were active on the frontier. This author gives Simon Girty a fairly un-biased treatment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.81.132.38 (talk) 03:14, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I reverted five questionable edits from an anonymous WP:SPA. SPA seems to be editorializing, hiding behind anonymity, both here, and elsewhere. Geo Swan (talk) 19:31, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have move this paragraph to the talk page for discussion.

Girty was present during the ritual torture and execution of Continental Army Colonel William Crawford by Captain Pipe.^[1] Two American witnesses of this torture and execution survived and were later interviewed regarding these events. One suggested that Girty was a pitiless instigator. The other claimed that Girty pleaded with the Indians on Crawford's behalf until threatened with death himself. The former account was popularized and served to vilify Girty during and after his lifetime. Later historians have understood that such ritual torture was part of Lenape practice for warriors.

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1. ^ Hatcher, Harlan. "Lake Erie". Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1945; p. 57

The Hatcher reference that is given is a problem because elsewhere in the article (in the section "Representation in culture"

"Simon Girty the historical figure is portrayed as clever yet sadistic in Harlan Hatcher's book "Lake Erie"."

Either the book is not a Wikipedia reliable and can not be used as a citation to support this paragraph, or the sentence in green is a WP:POV entry because if it is a history book and the sentence is an editors opinion on the contents of a reference. One of the other needs to go. If the paragraph is to be kept than all the facts in the remainder of the paragraph from "Two American ..." to "...warriors" needs a reliable source as a citation (see WP:BURDEN. -- PBS (talk) 19:47, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]