The Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond

Chapter 1

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

Abraham Lincoln Edition

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

Copyright, 1919 by Yale University Press

Contents

The Old Northwest Chapter Chapter Title Page I. Pontiac's Conspiracy 1 II. "A Lair of Wild Beasts" 20 III. The Revolution Begins 41 IV. The Conquest Completed 57 V. Wayne, The Scourge Of The Indians 76 VI. The Great Migration 97 VII. Pioneer Days and Ways 110 VIII. Tecumseh 131 IX. The War Of 1812 And The New West 151 X. Sectional Cross Currents 172 XI. The Upper Mississippi Valley 189 Bibliographical Note 211 Index 215

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