028: New York Cowboys and the Sullivan Expedition of 1779

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 Let us know what you're sippin' :Instagram.com/SipAndSaga_Society/Facebook.com/SipAndSaga/sipandsaga.onlineThank you to those who support the Society including :Trey Boles  for our wonderful intro and outro music!