Han Yerry is an Oneida soldier fighting for the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and a friend of Caleb Brewster's, often fighting alongside him.
Biography[]
Season 2[]
In the Morristown camp, Caleb goads Han into throwing a hatchet at the barrel of alcohol that Caleb is sitting on top of. He throws the barrel squarely between Caleb’s leg, and Caleb laughs and tells the men that drinks are on him. He then talks to Yerry about the hatchet’s good aim before Ben Tallmadge arrives. While chatting with Ben, Caleb calls Han over to watch him throw the hatchet, now flaming as a result of being covered in whale oil, into a nearby tree trunk. Han then extinguishes the flame and removes the hatchet.[1]
Season 3[]
Han is part of the team that Caleb Brewster puts together to ambush Simcoe in Rocky Point. Caleb leads his men to Long Island, where they ambush Beekman, a wealthy Loyalist that Simcoe has been told is a Rebel spy. The Beekmans are bound and gagged, and the Rebels lie in wait for the Queen’s Rangers. The Rangers arrive, but anticipating an ambush, send men around the back of the house, catching Caleb’s men off guard. Most of them rush out and are swiftly shot down. Caleb and Han fight their way out, and are cornered before a shot rings out, killing a Ranger. Robert Rogers tells them to escape while he covers their retreat. The two make it to the boat and escape.[2]
After the Culper Ring discovers John Andre’s counterfeiting scheme, Ben Tallmadge, Caleb Brewster, Han Yerry, and three dragoons go to Moodna Creek, where they know one of the mass purchases using counterfeit money is to take place. Before they strike, Yerry says that smoke will make good cover. He then lights an arrow and shoots it at the counterfeiters’ boat as Ben calls for the Patriot privateers to join them. As a melee ensues between the privateers and counterfeiters, Yerry and the others join the fray, and Yerry dispatches one man with his tomahawk.[3]
Trivia[]
- Matt Ukena is uncredited for his first appearance, despite his character being named on screen.
- Han Yerry was an Oneida war chief who joined the Patriots in the Revolutionary War, and notably participated in the Saratoga Campaign.