found: NUCMC data from Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division for Benjamin Hawkins letter, 1797(Capt. Richard Sparks; captain in U.S. 3rd Infantry)
found: Heitman, F. His. register and dic. of the U.S. Army, 1903(Sparks, Richard; d. 1 July 1815)
found: Ancestry Library Edition, via WWW, Nov. 9, 2010:Ancestry World Tree (Richard Sparks; Shantunte; captured by Shawnee Indians as a small child and given the name Shantunte; released in 1775; served in the US Army 1778-1815, primarily as an Indian scout; retired with the rank of colonel; birth date varies, b.10 Apr. 1755, 1757, abt. 1758, bet. 1756 and 1760; b. Middlesex Co., N.J. or Allegheny Co., Pa.; d. 2 July 1815 in Bayou Pierre, Miss.)
found: Lytle, R. The soldiers of Americas first Army, 2004:p. 276 (Sparks, Richard "Shantunte"; b. 1757; d. July 1, 1815)