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The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790
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The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790
Archibald Henderson
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Introduction I. The Migration of the Peoples 3 II. The Cradle of Westward Expansion 19 III. The Back Country and the Border 32 IV. The Indian War 49 V. In Defense of Civilization 64 VI. Crushing the Cherokees 78 VII. The Land Companies 96 VIII. The Long Hunters in the Twilight Zone 116 IX. Daniel Boone and Wilderness Exploration 130 X. Daniel Boone in Kentucky 144 XI. The Regulators 160 XII. Watauga—Haven of Liberty 175 XIII. Opening the Gateway—Dunmore's War 196 XIV. Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company 216 XV. Transylvania—A Wilderness Commonwealth 237 XVI. The Repulse of the Red Men 252 XVII. The Colonization of the Cumberland 269 XVIII. King's Mountain 289 XIX. The State of Franklin 306 XX. The Lure of Spain—The Haven of Statehood 327 List of Notes 351 Bibliographical Notes 363 Index 371




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