Re: Renegades & the bent twig

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: : : Howdy Champ,

: : : Wouldn't your character then be the antithesis of Hawkeye?

: : : Regards,
: : : Victoria

: : >>Siyo Victoria,
: : In what way? Its an interesting question, but they were actually  much the same when they were in the wilderness, the lifestyle they embraced [Native American], the difference came to when white encroachment & warfare came to the land, they responded differently, Hawkeye chose to move on but got caught up in heroic events; Girty faced it head on, and was one of those "captives" you & Elaine mention, who never was the same after returning to white society [I'm sure he felt a real pull to "return" until he did], and who felt closer to his adopted family [the Wyandots], so when he switched sides to the British, he naturaly joined his Native brothers who had allied with the British.
: : Hawkeye & Girty were mirrors of each other in some ways, but the reflection Girty cast back was a dark one.
: : I wonder, if the Indians hadnt had a "beef" with the Kentuckians 
: : & had instead fought the British, if Girty would be a "hero" today? 

: : "Champ"
: : the mix-blood renegade
: : ;-)
: :  

: I just wanted to add that in some ways your right, he [Girty] is the
: antithesis of Hawkeye, but I really think [and mind you, I'm not defending Simon Girty] alot can be explained with his childhood.
: Unlike Hawkeye, who had a loving, nurturing adoptive father, Girty's father was a drunk, who would beat him constantly, and a mother who for want of a better word was a harlot, having an affair with another man, whom she no doubt induced to murder her husband then ran away with.
: Couple this with being taken captive, and then returning to "civilized" society, where , as you & Elaine have noted, returning captives [male or female] usually were stigmatized, no wonder Girty turned out the way he did.
: You know the old addage: "As the twig is bent, so shall the tree grow" ;-)
: Please remember, I do not portray Girty himself, but rather based my Butler's Rangers persona upon him. Instead of portraying a military looking Ranger, I portray an ex-longhunter who has joined the Rangers [as a scout].

: "Champ" 


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