Volume XII, No. 2 Summer 2017

Save the DateWednesday, October 4th

Council Meeting- 11:30amProgram & Lunch- Noon - 1:00pm

The Casino

Tuesday, October 17thColonial Dames

Program & DinnerDavid Stewart on “Madison’s Gift”

5:30pmThe Fortnightly Club

Saturday, November 4thColonial History Lecture Series

Speaker: Nathaniel PhilbrickNewberry Library- 10:00am

Thursday, December 7th Winter Court- Stag Event6:00pm White/ Black Tie

The Casino

Sunday, January 14th 2018Colonial Dames Lecture & Brunch

Robert Michael Morrissey10:30am- Indian Hill Club

Friday, February 2-4, 2018“Palm Beach Weekend”

FL State SocietyDinner Dance Friday- The Everglades Club

Brunch Saturday- The Bath & Tennis Club

Polo Sunday- Palm Beach International Polo Club

Thursday, February 22, 2018Annual All Member- Membership Event

5pm Quarterly Council Meeting6pm Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

7:30pm Dinner- The Racquet Club

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Illinois

47 West Division Street, #368Chicago, Illinois 60610

312-478-4845www.colonialwarsil.org

www.gscw.org

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Annual Membership EventFebruary 16, 2017

The Illinois Society of Colonial Wars held its annual Membership Cocktail Party and Dinner on February 16th at the Casino Club in Chicago. For this event, Warriors are particularly encouraged to introduce friends and family to our Society.

Nearly 30 Warriors, provisional members and candidates met over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres for convivial conversation. It was wonderful to see long-standing members mixing with several new faces. Genealogy, and its place in our country’s history, is a wonderful way to break the ice!

Illinois Society Governor Brian D. White spoke briefly about our Society before he

and Membership Chairman Ed Rutledge talked about how and why to join the Society of Colonial Wars. Warriors and provisional members shared their stories with the several candidates in attendance, offering encouragement and advice about the application process, including where to look for information and who to call when expert help is needed.

More than half of the attendees then elected to stay for a magnificent dinner. The Casino’s Drawing Room provided an elegant milieu in which to continue conversations begun over cocktails. From the lively hum and frequent laughter, it was clear that a wonderful time was had by all.

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Dwight Cleveland and Hugh Rider

(Lieutenant Governor) John H. Strothman and Theodore Herr

Leland Hutchinson, David Linville and George Vincent

Christopher Watts and Geoffrey Euston

John Paul Beall and David Prindable

Edward Rutledge (Membership Chairman), William Parke, Ryan Ruskin and (IL Governor) Brian D. White

James Staples, Steven Fisher, Rick Spain and Matthew Blatchford

Todd D. H. Schwebel, William Kernahan, and Tobin Richter

Alexander Jacobs and (Deputy Governor General - IL) Robert L. Burell

Louis Margaglione and Chad Cochrane

The Illinois Society of Colonial Wars has built a reputation of outstanding events, and this was no exception. But while this was our official “Membership” event, we should remember that each of our events is an ideal opportunity to introduce friends and family to our wonderful Society.

Looking ahead, we have an incredible program slated

for 2017. Warriors are encouraged to give thought to likely candidates, and either personally invite them to an upcoming event or get their contact information to the Society so an invitation can be sent. Only through diligently thoughtful recruitment will our membership continue to grow and our Society continue to thrive!

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Having just returned from New York from the 108th General Council and 125th Anniversary, I am reminded again why The Colonial Warriors are the leaders among Hereditary Societies in The United States. It was a spectacular week of the finest clubs, parties, tours and events and it’s an opportunity to meet some of the nicest members from

around the country. We had about 20 Warriors & spouses represented from Illinois & I know everyone would agree NY really rolled out the red carpet and outdid themselves. I encourage everyone within our membership to take advantage of these annual gatherings and read Robert L. Burell’s report in this issue of The M&A. Next years 109th General Council Meeting & Gala will be held in Cincinnati, OH from May 17th to 20th 2018 so keep an eye out for further information coming from The General Society in the upcoming months.

I’d also like to start out by acknowledging what a fantastic job our Deputy Governor Philip May with the help of our Deputy Governor General for the State of Illinois- Robert L. Burell – have done in our immensely successful Colonial History Lecture Series co-hosted with The Newberry Library & The University of Illinois. We had Andrew Lipman on April 1st followed by Jane Kamensky June 3rd – both to a packed room of over 100 attendees each. Next up is Nathaniel Philbrick November 4th so I encourage you to attend and support these valuable programs. They are free to the public and support our mission towards education of the colonial war era which is vitally important to our Society and country.

Todd D. H. Schwebel continues to plan a fantastic line up of programs & events with our Summer Dinner Dance co-sponsored with The Colonial Dames (NSCDA-IL) coming up on Saturday, July 15th at Onwentsia

The Governor’s Report

Governor Brian D. White

Club so we hope to see everyone there this year! Todd is also already hard at work lining up all our club venues & dynamic speakers for the 2018 year to maintain the momentum of well organized and successful future events which we are known for. If you are a newer or even long time member who has not had the opportunity to attend a lunch program, our Summer Dinner Dance or even Winter Court lately- you will be immensely impressed with the changes we’ve implemented over the past several years!

You will also notice a short write up and pix in this issue of The M&A taken during “Hereditary Week” in Washington, DC this past April and I’d like to encourage everyone to continue exploring your family tree to see where it goes. As a Colonial Warrior you will most likely find that you may qualify to join many other Hereditary Societies including The Mayflower Society, Sons of the American Revolution or Jamestown Society. If you go back far enough to find a “gateway” ancestor you may be able to trace your lineage back to Charlemagne or other Royal lineage Societies. Although I strongly feel that The Colonial Warriors is the Ultimate Hereditary Society to belong to- I do think it can be very rewarding to discover the many ancestors that may be in your lineage who qualify for other groups. A smart reference is The Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America- website (www.hereditary.us) to see all the officially recognized Hereditary Societies that exist. Next years Hereditary Week in DC falls around April 10th -15th 2018 so if anyone is interested in attending please let me know!

On a final note I just want to encourage those Candidates and Provisionals on our lists to follow up and become OFFICIAL Members of The Colonial Warriors. Membership is the lifeblood of any organization and remember, after 2 years we must remove those who haven’t completed their formal applications from our mailing list. If you are having trouble with your research or have a stumbling block we HIGHLY encourage you to hire a professional Genealogist and we have several listed in this newsletter to choose from. Good luck with your research as I know you will find the exploration into your family’s past most rewarding.I look forward to seeing you at the next event!

In need of help with a stumbling block or your research?

We recommend Diane Rapaport a Professional Genealogist located in Lexington, MA. Tel: 781.698.7884 Toll Free: 866-784-5573 or e-mail: diane@dianerapaport.com. For more information go to www.DianeRapaport.com; and also locally, Victoria Flanagan Defty, Tel: 312.642.0457.

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The General Society of Colonial Wars celebrated its 125th anniversary in conjunction with the General Council Meeting in New York City May 18th through May 21st. The Society of Colonial Wars was founded in New York City in 1892 and followed closely by the creation of the General Society of Colonial Wars in

1893 to serve as the national umbrella organization for the state chapters. Accordingly, New York was the ideal location for this historic meeting. About 20 Illinois Warriors along with their spouses attended the most wonderful event. The splendid University Club --with all of its spectacular rooms-- was the headquarters for the meeting.

The festivities launched Thursday evening with a cocktail party in the historic Model Room of the New York Yacht Club--- the traditional home of the America’s Cup sailboat competition. Afterwards, the Illinois contingent convened at the “21 Club” for dinner and libations into the night. Friday started with business meetings for the Warriors and lunch at the Loeb Boathouse Central Park. The ladies sojourned at Scully & Scully with lunch at the renowned Colony Club on Park AV. After lunch, tours composed of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection of Art and Grand Central Station. After the tours, all assembled at the most elegant Union Club for cocktails and dinner. The highlight of the evening was a presentation by York Herald Peter O’Donoghue from the College of Arms in London to grant SCW armorial bearings --the Society’s Coat of Arms-

- on occasion of our 125th Anniversary. Created using the colors of the General Society (red and white), the 13 stars represent the first 13 colonies and across the middle, the three roundels represent Royal Seals (as in charters of land) with the ancient crown of Royalty.

Saturday commenced with business meetings at the University Club followed by lunch at the Racquet & Tennis Club. The ladies toured and lunched at the spectacular Modern Art Museum. The highlight of the meeting was the 125th Gala Dinner Dance. The menu chosen was the exact same menu from the Society’s first General Court held at New York’s Delmonico restaurant on December 19, 1892---the anniversary of the Great Swamp Fight of King Phillips War in 1675. The evening commenced with the flag and honoree presentation where our Lieutenant Governor John H. Strothman was the Illinois Honoree and Robert L. Burell the flag carrier. After several toasts and a delicious dinner, guests and Warriors danced the night away to the big band sound of the Alex Donner Orchestra. Sunday morning consisted of a Choral Eucharist at Saint Thomas Church followed by a ‘fair well sherry” at the University Club.

It was an amazing weekend in New York with many great memories! All attendees had a marvelous time filled with fellowship, friendship, and good cheer. All bemoaned that the weekend ended way too soon.

The General Society of Colonial Wars 108th General Council Meeting

“The Cake”(L to R) Kelly Penry, Edmund Lester, Priscilla Barlow, Aaron Barlow,

Robert L. Burell and Colleen Burell

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Summer Court 2017

Under clear blue skies and with a bag-piper’s greeting, The Illinois Warriors and Colonial Dames assembled on May 7, 2017 at Shoreacres for the Warrior’s Annual Summer Court to honor Christopher Monkhouse, the Art Institute’s Eloise Martin Chair and Curator of European Decorative Arts upon the occasion of his retirement from the Art Institute of Chicago.Designed by society architect David Adler in 1916, Shoreacres is a Colonial Revival jewel of a building complete with a Mt. Vernon-style cupola that commands a high bluff over Lake Michigan about 35 miles north of the city of Chicago.After a brief Council Meeting the Warriors, the Dames and their invited guests enjoyed the unobstructed views of the lake and the distant Chicago skyline, while sipping Peach Bellini’s, Bloody Mary’s and Bloody Bull’s.Under Warrior Social Chair Todd Schwebel’s direction, a classic American lunch was served on the glorious glazed porch consisting of Tomato Aspic, Campfire-fried Chicken and everyone’s favorite, fresh Strawberry Shortcake for dessert. The tables were graced with pots of azaleas in varying hues of spring pink and rose.Following lunch, the party adjourned to the Governor’s Room for Mr. Monkhouse’s valedictory presentation titled, “Art Quest: On the Trail for Masterpieces at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007-2017”. The crowd, including Art Institute Trustees, Antiquarians, and other curators from the Art Institute, soared in appreciation with Mr. Monkhouse’s description of his ten favorite acquisitions whilst in Chicago.In grateful acknowledgment of Mr. Monkhouse’s service to the Art Institute, and his friendship with many Warriors and Dames during his tenure in Chicago, Mr. Schwebel presented him with an engraved colonial pewter tankard commemorating this gathering in his honor.

Gentlemen of The Council & Members of The Illinois Society

(L to R) Peggy Snorf, James M. Kinney and Colleen Burell

(L to R) Deputy Governor General for IL- Robert L. Burell, Edmund Lester and William Beggs

Mary Carter & Allen Carter with bagpiper

(L to R) Todd Schwebel, Tobin & Libbet Richter and Bill Parke with bagpiper-

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by Philip May

The Colonial History Lecture Series is off to a strong start in 2017. The series is a partnership between The Newberry Library, the University of Illinois History

Department, and the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Illinois. We began the year in April

with a lecture by Andrew Lipman, Professor of History at Barnard College in New York. Dr. Lipman gave a fascinating, and mind opening talk based on his recently published book titled: The Salt Water Frontier : Indians and the Contest for the American Coast. The presentation was most enlightening in that it was a snap shot of a period in time and the relationships between the colonists and the coastal Indians. Records record that some of the Indians had 50-foot dugout canoes equipped with sails. Many were capable of carrying 80 or more people, and able to transverse relatively long distances. Overall it was an extremely interesting talk and guests, including many school teachers left talking about what they had a learned at the lecture.The second lecture of the year took place on a beautiful sunny day in June. Jane Kamensky, History Professor at Harvard University gave a lecture on her recently published book, A

Revolution in Color, The World of John Singleton Copley. There were about a hundred individuals who chose to attend, rather than enjoy the outdoors or the beach. Jane began her talk with the premise that most books report history as if there were clear leaders and protagonists, and the populations knew almost immediately where they stood. Jane believes that history is clear in hindsight but not when you are in the middle of the events. In the moment, these events and outcomes are a muddle. You don’t really know who is on which side. Her ambition was to write history as it actually unfolds, in the midst of confusion and to explain this confusion. This often means not knowing what actions will contribute to, or impact the next turn of events. People’s loyalties would flip flop and it did not seem to be a problem. Several history books have stated peoples allegiances are an important part of the story, but Jane felt it was less important, and people would change sides more often that one would think.So basically - historic events are not really clear until you look back and simplify things down to the main facts, and then tell the story. Jane packages the story around one of the best and well-known Revolutionary War painters. And John Singleton Copley did it all from the vantage point of being in London. He stays in London after the war is over, and never returns to the country of his birth, America. The final lecture in 2017 will be on November 4th with Nathaniel Philbrick talking about his recently published book: Valiant Ambition.

Colonial History Lecture Series

VP of Research and Academic Programs, Newberry Library, D. Brad Hunt, Deputy

Governor Philip May, Speaker Jane Kamensky, DGG Bob Burell, and

Governor Brian D. White

For those of you new to the hereditary world or The Colonial Warriors we want to let you know about a very special hereditary event that takes place over a two week period in Washington, DC every year in April. Its known as “Hereditary Week” and its where all the smaller, and some

of the most exclusive, Hereditary Societies meet and schedule their annual meetings/events with breakfast, lunch and dinner events planned every day for many different organizations. Pictured above were some of our IL Warriors (David Von Nirschl, Peter C. Mark, Brian D. White - IL Governor, John Paul Beall and James M. Kinney- pictured with Mrs. Peter I. C. Knowles, Jr (Brantley - who is easily

the queen of the Hereditary World) at annual Gala for The 100 Living Descendants of Blood Royal (aka “The Blood Royal 100.”) This event is one of the nicest events in DC with a white tie dinner dance at The Sulgrave Club, sumptuous dinner and one of the best orchestras playing the old, society favorites and current hits. The week continues with events for The Order of the Merovingian Dynasty, The Hereditary Society Community with its open invitation to anyone belonging to a hereditary society for a marvelous party at Anderson House (the home of The Society of the Cincinnati.) There are also events for The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, The Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors, Americans of Royal Descent and many more - all held at the nicest clubs in and around DC. Of the twenty or so Hereditary Societies your Governor belongs to we usually spend five or six nights in DC and attend about ten to twelve events in that time. I encourage our entire membership to dig deeper into their genealogy and see if you qualify for any of these special societies.

“Hereditary Week- 2017”

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First Powhattan War This article is the first in a series on the Colonial Wars between the English colonies and Indian tribes that were fought by ancestors of our members. Prior issues of Muskets & Arrows included articles on the four French wars that were fought in North America before the Revolution. This new series will go back to the beginning of successful English settlement—the 1607 founding of Jamestown—and trace the Indian wars up through 1775.

Conflict with the Indians included a whole spectrum of violence from disputes over stolen livestock, damaged Indian fields and personal insults involving one Indian and one colonist duking it out all the way up to wars involving planning, mobilization and full-scale battles with hundreds of men on each side. Determining where to draw the line between what are violent personal disputes on the one hand and actual wars on the other is somewhat arbitrary. However, there seems to be a consensus among historians that the conflicts between the Jamestown colonists and the Powhattan Indian confederacy between 1609 and 1614 constitute a war called the First Anglo-Powhattan War.

Before this war broke out, there had already been tensions between the colonists and the Powhattan Indians starting with the first week the settlers arrived on Powhattan Indian property in 1607. However, the over-riding policy of the Powhattans appeared to be that the English were a valuable source of European goods and as long as they stayed in Jamestown and did not try to settle other areas, they did not represent a threat to the Indians. The European wares the Indians bought from the colonists enriched the Powhattans because they could trade them with the inland tribes who would otherwise have to obtain them via trading networks that extended up into French trading posts in Canada or

down to Spanish colonies in Mexico.

The Two Sides

The Powhattan IndiansThe Powhattan tribe ruled a confederacy of Indians occupying the eastern third of what is now Virginia. The Powhattans were in the Algonquian language group.

The Algonquian language group includes tribes along the Atlantic coast all the way to Maine as well as the major tribes in colonial Illinois, Ontario, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Powhattans arrived in Virginia

before 1000 AD.

The Powhattan confederacy’s territory extended from the Atlantic westward to the rise in land where the coastal plains end and the Piedmont begins. At this point in each of the rivers flowing towards the sea—the James, the Rappahannock, the Potomac, etc.—there is a line of waterfalls or rapids called the fall line. The area around the fall line was a sort of neutral zone between the Powhattan and the Monacans and the Manahoacs. The Monacans and Manahoacs were Siouan speaking tribes of Indians that were usually enemies of the Powhattans.

Estimates for Powhattan population at the time of English settlement are about 13,000 to 15,000 Indians. The Powhattan occupied about 19,000 square miles of land. This population density is the equivalent of the Village of Winnetka being spread over the eastern third of Virginia. Today, only Greenland and Antarctica have lower population densities.

The Powhattan had prior contact with Europeans, in particular a Spanish kidnapping raid followed by a Spanish mission in the 1570s. The mission returned one of the kidnapped boys, now grown. He rejoined his tribe and led the Indians in a massacre of the Spanish missionaries. The Spanish later sent a punitive expedition to exact vengeance.

EnglandThe English colonists who fought in the war came from a country that had a population of about 4,100,000 spread over 50,346 square miles, having a population density comparable to that of West Virginia of today. The colony was intended as a business enterprise and was supposed to reap a profit. The investors’ plans for the Jamestown colony centered on finding gold or some other form of wealth that could quickly yield a return. However, as secondary goals, the colonists (and the company) were open to just about anything that could make money. One activity they apparently did not plan sufficiently for was farming. John Smith was constantly exasperated by the percentage of colonists who were “gentleman” and therefore above doing any field work.

The English had different views on Indians. Smith wanted to adopt the Spanish model and ruthlessly enslave the Indians.

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1607 Drawing of Powhattan in State

Captain John Smith

By Aaron Barlow

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The investors of the Virginia company largely had a different view and believed that Indians and colonists could live side by side in separate communities, especially if the Indians were converted to Christianity.

First few years of the colonyBefore the First Anglo-Powhattan war started in 1609, the Jamestown colony was already struggling to survive. The original ships left behind 104 men in the summer of 1607. By spring, 66 of them were dead. The first supply ships arrived in the summer of 1608 with another 100 settlers. During the winter of 1608-

1609, Captain Smith was in charge. He imposed discipline on the colonists and had good enough relations with the Indians to obtain corn from them when necessary. As a result, only 21 colonists died during this second winter.

But then the wheels fell off the wagon.

The first bit of bad luck occurred when the 1609 supply fleet ran into a hurricane in the middle of the Atlantic. Some of the survivors were shipwrecked on Bermuda for a year, but six of the nine ships survived to reach Jamestown.

In the summer of 1609, Smith sent two groups of men to establish additional settlements outside of Jamestown. These met with resistance from the Indians. The Powhattan were fine with the English maintaining a settlement in Jamestown, but they did not want them to expand into their own territory. The English kept up negotiations, but when two English messengers disappeared, the English burned an Indian village to the ground and desecrated their ancestral shrines. The Indians maintained these shrines to honor past leaders. The shrines included partially mummified bodies of the dead chiefs as well as copper and pearl jewelry. The English destroyed these shrines, threw the bodies on the ground and stole the jewelry. In defending against this attack, the Indians killed 50 colonists out of the 100 sent on this expedition. The other English expedition attempted to force the Indians to sell the village of Powhattan itself. The Indians refused, a fight broke out and half of the 120 man expedition was killed.

The Virginia Company investors had sent instructions to replace Smith as leader of the colony. The governor they had appointed was believed lost at sea (in fact he was marooned

on Bermuda,) so the colonists chose 29 year old George Percy, the youngest son of the Earl of Northumberland, to be the next president. In October 1609, Smith returned to England. The Indians chose this moment to start the war. Perhaps they saw a power vacuum now that Smith, an obviously experienced soldier who had earned the Indians’ respect, had departed. Or perhaps Smith’s attempts to expand the colony beyond Jamestown triggered a plan to wipe the colony out.

The WarIn November 1609, Chief Powhattan lured a party of 30 colonists into an ambush with the promise of corn supplies. All the English except the leader, Captain John Ratcliffe, were killed. Captain Ratcliffe was taken alive and brought to Powhattan Town where he was ritually skinned alive with mollusk shells. As a result, almost all English not already living within the fortification of Jamestown fled to within its walls.

The following winter is known as the Starving Time. Unlike during the two previous winters, the Indians refused to provide any corn to the colonists, and any colonist found outside Jamestown was ambushed and killed. This was in effect a siege because the Indians believed that without outside corn provisions, the colony could not survive.

The Indians were not far wrong. Three-quarters of the colonists died during the winter of 1609-1610. The ones that survived were reduced to eating mice and rats. There were even reports of cannibalism. By May 1610, there were only about 60 colonists still alive. On May 24, a ship carrying many of the colonists marooned on Bermuda the previous year arrived in Jamestown. The new governor, Sir Thomas Gates, after surveying the miserable state of Jamestown, decided to abandon the colony and sail for Newfoundland. In early June, the colonists set sail leaving the empty Jamestown behind. As luck would have it, on June 8, the ships of the Jamestown evacuees encountered a ship sent from England earlier that year with the colony’s newly appointed governor, Thomas West, Baron de la Warr. The group decided to go back to Jamestown and give it another go.

George Percy

The Zuñiga Map: 1608 map prepared by Spanish agents showing location of

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One of De la Warr’s first acts as governor was to issue an ultimatum to Powhattan to return English settlers who had moved in with the Indians against the law of the Jamestown colony. When Powhattan did not reply, de la Warr sent a force under former president George Percy to take revenge by attacking the Paspahegh village, one of the subjects of Powhattan. Percy’s expedition killed 15 Indians, captured the queen of the village, her children and one adult male and put the rest to flight. Percy records what happened next in his A Trewe Relacyon, written in England after 1625:

Whereupon I caused my drum to beat and drew all my soldiers to the colors, my lieutenant bringing with him the queen and her children and one Indian [as] prisoners for the which I taxed him because he had spared them. His answer was that having them no in my custody I might do with them what I pleased. Upon the same I caused the [adult male] Indian’s head to be cut off, and then dispersed my files appointing my soldiers to burn their houses and to cut down their corn growing about the town. And after we marched with the queen and her children to the boats again. Where being no sooner well-shipped, my soldiers did begin to murmur because the queen and her children were spared. So upon the same, a council being called, it was agreed upon to put the children to death, the which was effected by throwing them overboard and shooting out their brains in the water. Yet for all this cruelty the soldiers were not well pleased and I had much to do to save the queen’s life for that time.1

1The spelling and punctuation in this quotation have been modernized.

This document was part of a manuscript that lay hidden in the Percy family archives until 1922 when it was discovered and first published. It may have been written as part of a larger work to defend Percy against criticism for his handling of the Starving Time when Percy was president of the colony. In his narrative, Percy goes on to describe how, after he returned to Jamestown

with the Queen, de la Warr ordered her to be burned alive. Percy objected and reports that instead two men took her into the woods and killed her with swords.

In the same summer, Sir Thomas Gates led an expedition to Kecoughtan Town where the colonists killed twelve to fourteen Indians and took over the town’s corn fields.

In November, another expedition traveled up the James River and destroyed the Indian village of Appomatox. The following year, 1611, saw more expeditions to destroy Indian villages as well as founding of the “City” of Henrico upriver on the James.

While the period of 1609-1614 is loosely called the First Anglo-Powhattan War, it was not a war in the sense that every member of each community regarded members of the other community as an enemy. There were complaints that many English colonists, tired of the difficult existence in Jamestown, went and lived among the Indians where corn was plentiful and labor was minimal. They were welcomed by the Indians instead of treated as enemy combatants.

In addition, some Indian towns remained friendly to the colonists. The Patowomeck tribe, a sometime member of the Powhattan confederacy, sent the English a message in 1613 that Pocahontas, Chief Powhattan’s favorite daughter, was staying in the Patowomeck town of Passapatanzy. As a result, the English were able to capture Pocahantas in the hopes of ransoming her in return for and an end to the war. This indeed led a year later to the cessation of hostilities.

Pocahantas decided to convert to Christianity and marry colonist John Rolfe. The wedding occurred on April 5, 1614. The Powhattan sent one of Chief Powhattan’s brothers to attend the ceremony. At the time, Powhattan ended the practice of killing English colonists found alone outside the Jamestown fortifications.

Sources:Gleach, Frederic W., Powhattan’s World and Colonial Virginia, U. Nebraska Press 1997.Morgan, Edmund S., American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia Francis Parkman Prize Press (1975)Peckham, Howard H., The Colonial Wars 1689-1762, U. Chicago Press 1964.Percy, George, A Trewe Relacyon, in Captain John Smith, Writings with other Narratives of Roanoke, Jamestown, and the First English Settlement of America, The Library of America (2007). A Trewe Relacyon is also available at http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter07/jamestowndiary.cfmWolfe, Brendan, First Anglo-Powhattan War (1609-1614), in the Encyclopedia of Virginia, https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/First_Anglo-Powhatan_War_1609-1614.

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State Society Officers Neck Ribbon $50Produced exclusively for the Society by Toye, Kenning & Spencer of England the neck ribbon features an accessible rear clasp and a secure clip for the large insigne. Authorization for wear restricted to State Society Officers. Please note, only the large insigne is permitted to be worn from the neck ribbon. Items are sold separately.

General Society Officers Sash $110Produced exclusively for the Society by Toye, Kenning & Spencer of England the sash features a secure clip under the bow that can be tucked away when not employed with the large insigne. Authorization for wear restricted to current and past General Society Officers including Deputy Governors General.

Membership Certificate $70Suitable for framing the measures 12 x 14 of heavy bond paper and features embossed colored seals of the original nine colonies and the raised stamp of the Great Seal of the Society. Available to all members in good standing.

Ordering: To place an order mail your check to:John Mealey, Executive DirectorGSCW - Langsdale Library1420 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201-5779Please make your check payable to GSCW

Questions? Email: john@gscw.org (Phone) 410-837-4266 http://www.gscw.org/

For those looking to purchase “Black Full Dress Tails” please visit: Formally Modern Tuxedo

2112 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614Tel: 773.975.7700 • web: www.formallymodern.com

Owner: Ask for Alex TsebelisIf you are a “Colonial Warrior” there is a special price of $395 for new Tail Coat and Pants and $85 for the shirt/vest & tie.

Cuff links/gloves/shoes, etc., also available.

Step it up and get your tails if you don’t already own them!Introduction to Victoria Arnold:

Please welcome our new Executive Administrator, Mrs. Joseph C. Arnold, Jr. She will take on most of the responsibilities previously handled by Associations Services. Her mother is a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Society of Illinois and Tory

has extensive experience in helping not-for-profits such as the Warriors with their paperwork and recordkeeping. We are delighted that she will be helping us with ours.

Summer 2017

Membership & Social CommitteesSocial Chairman ..........................................................Todd Schwebel Social Committee ...........................William Parke,Zack Sudler .......................................................................................Thatcher Waller, Jr., Membership Chairman ......................................Edward Rutledge Membership Committee ................................Dwight Cleveland

Muskets and Arrows/Gazette CommitteeEditor .............................................................Aaron Abraham BarlowPhotographer ........................................................................Peter Mark

Investment CommitteeChairman ........................................................................Edmund Lester

Committee of Fort de ChartresCommander of the Fort ..................................... James M. Kinney

Gentlemen of the Council New MembersDwight Cleveland David Gilbert Linville James Field Rudwall

Governor ........................................................................................................................................................Brian D. White Deputy Governor ........................................................................................................................Philip Raymond MayDeputy Governor General for Illinois ................................................................................. Robert Lee BurellLieutenant Governor ....................................................................................................... John Harmon StrothmanSecretary ..............................................................................................................................................Geoffrey M. EustonTreasurer ....................................................................................................................................Albert Earling Van AlyeaHistorian.....................................................................................................................................Aaron Abraham BarlowRegistrar ........................................................................................................................................................Allen G. Carter Chancellor .............................................................................................................................Andrew Jackson Valentine Chaplin .......................................................................................................................................Albert Harris Tippens, Jr.Quartermaster ............................................................................................................................................John Paul Beall

Society of Colonial Wars In the State of Illinois

47 West Division Street, #368Chicago, Illinois 60610

Telephone: 312-478-4845 • Email: office@scwil.org • Website: www.colonialwarsil.org

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Respectfully submitted, Aaron Barlow, Editor, Muskets and Arrows

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Gentlemen of the CouncilSamuel Badger Barry Joseph CarrollRenton Kirkwood Brodie III Martinus John DryudJohn Adams Bross Leland HutchinsonHowell Brown Louis Courtenay Sudler, Jr.

Ambassador to the SocietiesAmbassador ...........................................................James Falvy Barr, Jr.