Official publication of SAR Spokane #1 Chapter

Volume 4 Issue 5 February 2020

On January 18th, Compatriot Stan Wills was attended the Spokane Sea Cadet Battalion awards ceremony. He presented the SAR award to PO1 Thomas Koski, pictured with Stan in the above right picture.

Our next Chapter #1 SAR meeting will be held on Friday, February 14th at 11:30 AM at Timber Creek Buffett. Page 2

Don’t forget to bring an item to our next meeting for our drawing. Remember this is one way to keep putting money into our coffers to help pay for the expenses that our great chapter incurs for such things as the awards and emblems we give out to our community patriots. Page 3

RICHARD CLOUGH ANDERSON

Patriot Ancestor of William “Doug” Jonas

Richard Clough (rhymes with plow) Anderson was born 12 Jan 1750 at Goldmine Planta- tion, Hanover County, Virginia. At the age of 16 he took a position with Patrick Coots, a merchant of Richmond. By the age of 20 he had made many voyages at sea, he was present at the Boston tea party witnessing the colo- nies revolt against taxes imposed by the British Monar- chy, his employer being an intense loyalist tried to dis- suade him from joining the Continental Army, however he was unable to do so, instead Coots called on Patrick Henry, a son of the minister of St. Paul’s Parish Church, who secured R.C. Anderson’s appointment as a Captain in the 5th Virginia Continental Line. His commission signed by John Hancock is dated 7 Mar 1776. R.C. Anderson was 25 when the American Revolution began in 1775, and fought in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Mon- mouth, Savannah, Charleston and Yorktown. He also endured the hard winter at , making him a veritable walking, talking, history of the American Revolution. R.C. Anderson and his company crossed in the first boat and fired the first shots at the Bat- tle of Trenton, routing a 15-man Hessian outpost. A few days later, when Washington re- crossed the Delaware and fighting began with the British Army under Cornwallis at Assun- pink Creek, R.C. Anderson was wounded in both thighs by a "yager ball" a bullet from the large bore rifles carried by Hessian Jagers. His servant put him on a horse-drawn gun car- riage and he followed the American Army to Princeton. Beside him on the gun carriage lay another wounded Virginia officer, Lt. James Monroe, who later became 5thPresident of the . While recovering in a Philadelphia hospital, R.C. Anderson contracted small- pox but survived to accept an appointment as Major in the First Virginia Continental Line. Due to the disfigurement of smallpox he soon became known as the ugliest man in the Con- tinental Army.

FLAG RECOGNITION AWARDS

There are probably some of us that are not aware that SAR gives out certificates of appre- ciation to individuals and companies that do a great job of displaying our Nation’s flag. Bill Pickett is our chapter’s chairperson for this and if anyone has or knows of someone or some place that is doing an outstanding job of displaying our Nation’s flag, please let Bill know by contacting him at his email, [email protected]. Page 4

Battle of

The Battle of Wyoming took place on July 3, 1778. is in Pennsylvania. British General Burgoyne after losing the battle of Saratoga and heavy losses in the had to come up with another strategy. With the British losses in the France en- tered the war as an ally to the colonies. Burgoyne decided to conduct a war on the frontier. He enlisted Loyalist and Indian Allies to attack the Hudson Valley. Colonel Butler recruited a regiment of Loyalist, Seneca warriors under chiefs Suyenqueraghta and (both fought at the Battle of Oriskany), and Mohawk warriors under Joseph Brandt. Butler and the Seneca’s would attack Wyoming Valley while Brandt and the Mo- hawks would attack farther north. Butler was in command of 110 Loyalist and 464 Indians. British forces arrived in Wyoming Valley on 30 June. Colonel Butler demanded the surrender on the Militia forces at Fort Wintermute. If the defenders surrendered the fort with all their arms and stores, they would be released on the condition that they did not bear arms again. The militia surrender and headed to Fort Forty. Upon arriving they gathered with the militia at Fort Forty (360 men of the 24th Connecti- cut Militia) and headed back to attack Colonel Butler’s force. Little did they know they were headed into an ambush. The militia advanced to within 100 yards of the British Loyalist and fired three rounds. The Indians arose from their hiding and fired one shot and attacked in fierce hand to hand combat. Over 300 Militia were killed.

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Those who tried to escape were captured and tortured horribly by the Iro- quois. Only 5 prisoners survived. The next morning Colonel Denison sur- render Fort Forty and two other posts to Butler. Butler reported to Burgoyne that he had lost two Loyalist, and one Indian, taken 227 scalps, burned 1000 homes, drove off over 1000 cattle, sheep and hogs. It became known as the Wyoming Massacre. Wyoming Valley was named by the Delaware Indians - xwe”:wamenk which means “At the big river flat”. In 1809 Scottish poet Thomas Camp- bell wrote a poem about the Wyoming massacre called “Gertrude of Wyo- ming”. It was a very popular poem. In 1865 when congress was consider- ing a bill to make Wyoming a territory, Congressman Mitchell Ashley of Ohio came up with the name of Wyoming for the new territory, because “Gertrude of Wyoming” was his favorite poem. In 1890 Wyoming would become the 44th state and was named for a battle in the American Revo- lution.

DEWITT CLINTON'S DUEL WITH JOHN SWARTWOUT - 31 July 1802

Vice President Aaron Burr, Jr., 1756-1836 John Swartwout, 1770-1823

If you wish to know what manner of young man DeWitt Clinton was, you have only to read the official report of the duel which he fought in 1802 with John Swartwout at Weehawken, NJ. Clinton was then opposing Aaron Burr, and Swartwout accused him of being actuated in his opposition only by personal and selfish motives. "He is a liar, a scoundrel and a villain," exclaimed the hot-headed Clinton. A chal- lenge followed and the duel was fought. I suppose that it was the most remarkable affair of the kind that ever occurred — out of Ireland. The first fire doing no harm to either antagonist, one of the seconds asked Swartwout: "Are you satisfied, sir?" "l am not," said he, with more bluntness than courtesy. They fired a second time without effect. "Are you satisfied, sir?" asked the second. "No!" thundered Swart- wout. The men fired a third lime without effect, when the same gentleman again politely asked Swart- wout if he was satisfied. "I am not," was the reply; "neither shall I be until that apology is made which I demanded. Until then, we must proceed." Swartwout's second then presented a paper containing the apology demanded tor Clinton's signature, saying: "We cannot spend our time in conversation. This pa- per must be signed, or proceed." "I will not sign any paper on the subject," said Clinton, with firmness and dignity. "I have no animosity against Mr. Swartwout. I will willingly shake hands, and agree to meet on the score of former friendship." The fourth fire then took place, when Clinton's ball struck his obsti- nate antagonist in the left leg below the knee. "Are you satisfied, sir?" the wounded man was again

Continued on next page asked. Standing firmly at his post, he answered: "It is useless to repeat the question. My determination is fixed, and I beg we may proceed." While the surgeon was extracting the ball from the opposite side of Swartwout's leg, Clinton again declared that he had no animosity against Swartwout, that he was sorry for what had passed, and was willing to go forward, shake hands and bury the circumstance in oblivion. Swartwout, however, standing erect at his place, insisted upon the written apology. A fifth time they fired, and Clinton's ball struck his antagonist in the same leg, a little below the former wound. "Are you satisfied, sir?" asked the second. "I am not, sir!" replied Swartwout; "proceed." Clin- ton then left his station, threw down his pistol, and declared that he would fight no more. Whereupon Swartwout, turning to his second, asked what he should do, to which the second replied: "There is nothing further left for you now but to have your wounds dressed." So the combat ended, and the two parties returned in their barges to the city. Such was Clinton at thirty-three, when he had already been a member of the Legislature. and was about to enter the Senate of the United States. He was brave to rashness, and ambitious beyond measure; but he lived up to the standard of his day, and acquitted him- self of every trust with honor and distinction. .

Submitted by SAR Member John Knauer, Descendent of John Swartwout

Aaron Burr DeWitt Clinton John Swartwout

Another picture of Mr. Burr on the left and Mr. Swartwout on the right.