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028: New York Cowboys and the Sullivan Expedition of 1779

Episode Notes

Episode 28 is out now! We focus on the New York Colony in 1779. Karina introduces us to the Cowboys of the Rampanos while sipping on a Steigl Radler. Randi stays consistent with a Doctor Pepper while telling us  the horrors of the Sullivan Expedition. Greg finishes his pack of Voodoo Rangers while helping us understand the climate in which all this was happening. 

Books Mentioned: 

• American Leviathan: Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier by Patrick Griffin 
• The Indian World of George Washington by Colin G. Colloway
• The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region by Richard White

Sources:

•  Alexander, M. (2021, October). Memory and Celebration: Examining the 1929

Sesquicentennial of the Sullivan Clinton Campaign. Retrieved from Arkell

Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sStfjSAZIao

• Andrea Lynn Smith, P. (2025, December). Memory Wars: Settlers and NativesRemember Washington's Sullivan Expidition of 1779. Retrieved from American Philosophical Society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU_CBjnSLN0
• Gable, W. (2004). Sullivan Camaign of 1779. Retrieved from Seneca County:https://www.senecacountyny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Chap-4-Sullivan-Campaign-of-1779-ADA.pdf

• “George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 31 May 1779,” FoundersOnline, National Archives,https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-20-02-0661. [Originalsource: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 20, 8 April–31 May 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, pp. 716–719.] (National Park Service, 2024) (Spielgelman, 2025)
• Indigenous Values Initiative. (2020, October). Revisiting George Washington's assaulton the Haudenosaunee 240 years later. Retrieved from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMJOtMjCSAE
• National Park Service. (2024, October). The Clinton-Sullivan Campaign of 1779. Retrieved from National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-clinton-sullivan-campaign-of-1779.htm
• Spielgelman, R. (2025). What is the Sullivan/Clinton Campaign? Retrieved from Sullivan-Clinton Compaign: https://sullivanclinton.com/texts/
• https://www.monroehistoryny.org/the-legend-of-claudius-smith
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-22/claudius-smith-cowboy-of-the-ramapos-hangs