Catspaw Confederacy: The Girty, McKee, and Elliott Families and Indian Negotiations on the American Frontier 1778� "1818

During the height of the American Revolution, Alexander McKee, Matthew Elliott, and the brothers Simon Girty and James Girty fled American-controlled Pittsburgh for the Indian-controlled Ohio frontier. A third Girty brother, George Girty, would soon join them. Their flight initiated a nearly forty-year period during which they promoted British interests among Indian nations, including the Shawnee, Delaware, Seneca, Wyandot, and Miami.

They would lead war parties against Kentucky during the R...