Chapter 1

Chronicles of America Series ∴ Allen Johnson, Editor Assistant Editors Gerhard R. Lomer Charles W. Jefferys

Textbook Edition

New Haven: Yale University Press Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1919

Copyright, 1919 by Yale University Press

Acknowledgment.

This narrative is founded largely on original sources--on the writings and journals of pioneers and contemporary observers, such as Doddridge and Adair, and on the public documents of the period as printed in the Colonial Records and in the American Archives. But the author is, nevertheless, greatly indebted to the researches of other writers, whose works are cited in the Bibliographical Note. The author's thanks are due, also, to Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the University of North Carolina, for his kindness in reading the proofs of this book for comparison with his own extended collection of unpublished manuscripts relating to the period.

C. L. S.

April, 1919.

Contents. Pioneers of the Old Southwest Chapter Chapter Title Page Preface vii I. The Tread Of Pioneers 1 II. Folkways 31 III. The Trader 52 IV. The Passing Of The French Peril 75 V. Boone, The Wanderer 90 VI. The Fight For Kentucky 104 VII. The Dark And Bloody Ground 129 VIII. Tennessee 157 IX. King's Mountain 195 X. Sevier, The Statemaker 226 XI. Boone's Last Days 272 Bibliographical Note 287 Index 293

PIONEERS OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST

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