The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-04-02
John Sullivan
A HERO OF THE REVOLUTION.
From True Stories of Americans in Action.
By Warden Allen Curtiss in Chicago Daily News.


named after Ireland and you find Yankees
descent bearing such Gparc Qunan and McFadden New
Hampshire the New England province where before the revo
ton the Irish were present IN important numbers.
The grandfather OF r Sullivan fed France after the de OF
James IL by Wi liam OF Orange He descendant of Dermo
chief Of Bcare and Ban who killed in his castle of Dunboy
1549 Suvans father crossed the Atlantic settled Berwick
Me Living to be 1872 he his John of New Hamp
James governor Massachusetts his
Gov Wells of Maine LieutGov, Wells of Illinois
other.
John Sullivan was born in Berwick in 174O Beginning prac
ce of law New Hampshire he had accumulated $4,000 by 74 He
member of the continental congress that year and he led
cessfu military expedition against Portsmouth Being made of the
eight brgadergneral Of the continental he took principal
the siege of Boston When the stipulated time of the Connec
troops had expired and they returned home Sullivan led 1000 from
his state to take their place After the evacuation of the city he took
frontier unsuccessful up
Three Rivers Smallpox Frustrated many of his and retiring
before superior forces he joined Washington in New York
held command Long Island for awhile and made
majorgnera With General Lord srngte cOonia had
inc Scotch their army, relative of Washington Irving and
5000 he held $4,000 British better equipped and disciplined
Stirling Sullivan captured but finally exchanged
night upon succeeding well
thought ought have done he Investigated by Congress- which
decided that he deserved appreciation not censure
Sullivan served in all the important engagements which followed
He commanded the right wing when Washington crossed the Delaware
captured the Hessian He also commanded the right wing the
Brandywn defeating the British left He took command in Rhode
cooperate with the French fleet which, how
peculiar the under Dsang al
ways leaving the colonial land forces the crucial time explained
the fact that Dang land officer the naval officers resent
ed to do the wrong thing the hope of dsgracng him.
Sullivan fought the British Butts HILL 5000 de in what
Lafayette called the best contested battle of the At the end of
twelve hours fighting he drove the from the field at the point OF
the bayonet
Nations the secvzed Iroquois of New York were
great federation of Indians occupying nearly half the state had
with the English against the French When
Champan discovered the lake that bears his name he made tine mis-
shooting of the Ioquo and thereafter they deadly
That single shot may have decided the fate of
America Sir William Johnson had lived among the Iroquois
agent thirty years before the revolution He beloved and his
descended his and nephew Moreover Britain had
money among the Indians while the colonial government
poor Indians fought against the coonas Their
try used base for American regiments and some British
regulars With such force its the coonas could not expect
to invade Canada
Then came the terrible massacre of Wyoming Cherry Valley
nation aroused the necessity of breaking the
Indians Sullivan detailed do He chose the time when
the crops garnee marching hundreds of miles through
region their homes and their winter provisions He
defeated them battle and drove them beyond the Niagara Disease
swept them away that winter and only broken remnant of
the great Iroquois conederacy back the old region
health had been shattered by five years continuous
vice he resigned and entered the continental
gress he helped reoganze the and establish the finances
public credit In 1876 he elected president of New Hamp
shire as governor called and twice reelected The
left the country impoverished There wasn't enough
government without sufficient raising Little
upsing occurring all the country distressed people taking
their hands There much dissatisfaction New Hamp
people wanted to split the upper counties into
new
large party demanded paper money least law
would allow the of commodities for of execution
Massachusetts, cattle and other things legal tender in
debt instruction having been aaed by granting
this In New Hampshire the the point
assembled and started the eg
session Exeter They threatened the who
urged look his safety Instead Gov Sullivan marched
tem they pointed their guns said contempous 81 have
gunpowder before BY mixture of and hrmness he
eded calming the disturbed state of public mind and successfully
commonwealth through what otherwise might have been
& rous crisis.
He was always his He before
the revolution Shortly before his invasion of the Indian country
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