The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790

Chapter XVII

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• Page 293: Over-mountain men is hyphenated for spacing and split between two lines in the clause: "the over-mountain men gathered on September 25th." This word was used other times in the book, on pages 295, 306, and 316. Each time it was spelled with a hyphen, so we have kept the hyphen here, too. • Page 303: Battle-field is hyphenated for spacing and split between two lines in the clause: "His frenzied efforts on the battle-field ..." This word was used three other times, on pages 54, 214, and 306. Each time it was spelled with a hyphen, so we have kept the hyphen here, too.