# James Girty > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Girty > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Girty.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Girty > Source revision: 1345104017 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Interpreter and trader}} thumb '''James Girty''' (1743–1817) was taken prisoner by the [Shawnees](/source/Shawnees) and afterwards was an interpreter and trader. ==Biography== James Girty was the son of an Irish immigrant, Simon Girty (died 1751) and the younger brother of [Simon Girty](/source/Simon_Girty) (1741–1818). The brothers were taken prisoners by the French and Native American force which in 1756 captured [Fort Granville](/source/Fort_Granville), in what is now [Mifflin County](/source/Mifflin_County), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania). James was adopted by the Shawnees and lived among them for three years, after which he acted as an interpreter and trader; he frequently accompanied the Shawnees against the English settlers, and exhibited the greatest ferocity.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}} He conducted a profitable trading business with Native Americans at [Saint Marys, Ohio](/source/Saint_Marys%2C_Ohio) from 1783 to 1794,{{citation needed|date=January 2026}} when he withdrew to Canada upon the approach of General [Anthony Wayne](/source/Anthony_Wayne), and again from 1795 until just before the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812), when he again withdrew to Canada, where he died.{{EB1911|inline=y |wstitle=Saint Marys |volume=24 |page=30 (footnote)}} ==References== {{reflist}} *Hagen, Ronald E., Catspaw the Girty, McKee, and Elliott Families, and Indian Negotiations on the American Frontier 1710–1778. Coneault Lake, PA, 2024 {{ISBN|979-8895530122}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Girty, James}} Category:1743 births Category:1817 deaths Category:Merchants Category:People from Amherstburg, Ontario Category:Pre-Confederation Ontario people Category:American people of the Northwest Indian War Category:People from colonial Pennsylvania Category:Captives of Native Americans --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [James Girty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Girty) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Girty?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.