This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS
VOL. I.
FROM THE ALLEGHANIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI
1769-1776
I. — THE SPREAD OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
II. — THE FRENCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY, 1763-1775
III. — THE APPALACHIAN CONFEDERACIES, 1765-1775
IV. — THE ALGONQUINS OF THE NORTHWEST, 1769-1774
V. — THE BACKWOODSMEN OF THE ALLEGHANIES, 1769-1774
VI. — BOON AND THE LONG HUNTERS; AND THEIR HUNTING IN NO-MAN’S-LAND, 1769-1774
VII. — SEVIER, ROBERTSON, AND THE WATAUGA COMMONWEALTH, 1769-1774
VIII. — LORD DUNMORE’S WAR, 1774
IX. — THE BATTLE OF THE GREAT KANAWHA; AND LOGAN’S SPEECH, 1774
X. — BOON AND THE SETTLEMENT OF KENTUCKY, 1775
XI. — IN THE CURRENT OF THE REVOLUTION — THE SOUTHERN BACKWOODSMEN OVERWHELM THE CHEROKEES, 1776
XII. — GROWTH AND CIVIL ORGANIZATION OF KENTUCKY, 1776
APPENDICES
VOL. II.
FROM THE ALLEGHANIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI 1777-1783
I. — THE WAR IN THE NORTHWEST, 1777-1778.
II. — CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE ILLINOIS, 1778.
III. — CLARK'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST VINCENNES, 1779.
IV. — CONTINUANCE OF THE STRUGGLE IN KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHWEST, 1779-1781.
V. — THE MORAVIAN MASSACRE, 1779-1782.
VI. — THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONQUERED FRENCH SETTLEMENTS, 1779-1783.
VII. — KENTUCKY UNTIL THE END OF THE REVOLUTION, 1782-1783.
VIII. — THE HOLSTON SETTLEMENTS, 1777-1779.
IX — KING'S MOUNTAIN, 1780.
X. — THE HOLSTON SETTLEMENTS TO THE END OF THE REVOLUTION, 1781-1783.
XI. — ROBERTSON FOUNDS THE CUMBERLAND SETTLEMENT, 1779-1780.
XII. — THE CUMBERLAND SETTLEMENTS TO THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION, 1781-1783.
XIII. — WHAT THE WESTERNERS HAD DONE DURING THE REVOLUTION.
APPENDICES
VOL. III.
THE FOUNDING OF THE TRANS-ALLEGHANY COMMONWEALTHS
1784-1790
PREFACE TO THIRD VOLUME
I. THE INRUSH OF SETTLERS, 1784-1787
II. THE INDIAN WARS, 1784-1787
III. THE NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI; SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS AND SPANISH INTRIGUES, 1784-1788
IV. THE STATE OF FRANKLIN, 1784-1788
V. KENTUCKY’S STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD, 1784-1790
VI. THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY; OHIO, 1787-1790
VII. THE WAR IN THE NORTHWEST, 1787-1790
VIII. THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY; TENNESSEE, 1788-1890
VOL. IV.
LOUISIANA AND THE NORTHWEST
1791-1807
PREFACE TO FOURTH VOLUME
I. ST. CLAIR’S DEFEAT, 1791
II. MAD ANTHONY WAYNE; AND THE FIGHT OF THE FALLEN TIMBERS, 1792-1795
III. TENNESSEE BECOMES A STATE, 1791-1796
IV. INTRIGUES AND LAND SPECULATIONS—THE TREATIES OF JAY AND PINCKNEY, 1793-1797
V. THE MEN OF THE WESTERN WATERS, 1798-1802
VI. THE PURCHASE OF LOUISIANA; AND BURR’S CONSPIRACY, 1803-1807
VII. THE EXPLORERS OF THE FAR WEST, 1804-1807.
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