The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-24

tory take much pride in Concord and Lex
inxton and hold that the names are syn
onynaoas with patriotic glory Not one OK
us Americans ought TO think without
thrill OF the modest contests that there
ushered In the revolution. And so revert
with satisfaction to = few historic events
concoras Indian name was 'Auske-
taquia." One authority Gays this means
grass ground another, grass grown
river" And here TO MusketaQuid came
tire first inland settlement Of the Aassa-
ehusetts colony in 1876 after having taken
the precaution TO purchase the land from
the Indians. Land could be had cheap IN
those days, Then the pace was called
Concord. because all was harmony.
Here wandered the gentle apostle, Eliot.
to labor with the Indians until they could
TIL the soil like the white man and had
made quite q good code Of laws. Here, on
I1ske Walden. came such personages as
Hon. Peter Buckley and Simon Willard TO
assist these praying Indians in making
q sort OF Blb.e, one OF whose ordinances
was that no Indian shall take an En-
g.ishrnan's canoe"
Pity II Is that ali this amity could rot
have continued But history remorseiess.y
states that there came a time, not twenty
years afterward. when Concord became
military post. her aim being the pursuit
and punishment OF these seifsame Indians.
that their depredations upon the neigh
boring villages might be avenged.
As the years went On Concord made
history for herself. She figured promi-
nentIy In the Indian wars notably King
Philips. sent . company Of men TO Bos-
trlbuted many men TO the French and
Indian war.
Moreover, az early as 1861 she was evinc-
Ing hostility 10 the British government.
and In 1s34 she held that convention in
which 1t was resolved to separate from
England and assemble provincial con-
Eress. ALMOST Immediately military COM
pan:es were being formed In the towns
and arms and ammunition purchased
The first provincial congress convened In
Concord in October. fT3: the second early
in ITO. Over this second congress- Gen.
Gage was keeping watch. IT adjourned
April Is. and then he issued the order for
500 men. "the flower Of the British troops"
stationed in Boston. 10 march on Concord
and seize its provincial stores during the
night Of April Is. 1s.5.
Joseph Warren, president Of the second
provincial congress WAS then chairman OF
the committee on public safety. In some
way he was .appr;sed OF this order and
flower of the British troops' quickly lost
its bloom In the biting climate OF classic
Concord.
AT 10 o'clock that night Gen. Gage IS
sued the order that all Americans should
be prevented from leaving Boston after
that time. But he was just a little bit too
rem dispatched Paul Revere and William
Dawes to Lexington and Concord to warn
OF this invasion by "the flower OF the
Dawes went to Lexington by way Of Rox-
sury. Paul Revere was rowed across the
Charles river and took horse for the same
house on the way. meet at Lexington and
push on 20 Concord. In the main the pro-
Gramme was carried out.
Paul Revere Was a character. and our
dear I.ongfeiow has sung him into immor-
tally. He was Of Huguenot blood. which
may account for the fire in his veins. BY
turns he was goldsmith lieutenant Of ar
tillery IN the colonial army and copperplate
engraver. one of the four then IN Amer
lea. He engraved the plates. made the
press and printed the bills Of the paper
money ordered by the provincial congress
OF Massachusetts,. Then that body sent
him to Philadelphia to learn powder max
ing and quickly he was back setting UP a
mill. Moreover. he WAS actively engaged
in a certain business carried on In Bos-
ton harbor under the auspices Of the great
tea party that met 10 commemorate the
passing OF the stamp act. The business was
that of tea destroyer. Strange as Ii may
seem the lower the tea sank the higher
arose the spirits OF those engaged In the
business Each felt himself a gamer with
every pound that vanished beneath the wa
ter. each triumphed In the knowledge that
here was a business In which the losing
meant success
Immediately after this corner in tea de-
structon Paul Revere was sen. TO carry the
news TO New York and Philadelphia
Again. he was sent to these cities to In
woke sympathy and cooperation when
Britain declared the poif of Boston should
be closed. And now he needs must be call
ed In to figure ut Lexington and Concord
When the Revolution commenced. he be-
came lieutenant colonel in the defense Of
Massachusetts After the war he was en-