Chapter 1

FROM THE ALLEGHANIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI 1777-1783

WITH MAPS

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH HIS PERMISSION TO

FRANCIS PARKMAN

TO WHOM AMERICANS WHO FEEL A PRIDE IN THE PIONEER HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY ARE SO GREATLY INDEBTED

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

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:

APPENDIX A--To CHAPTER I. APPENDIX B--To CHAPTER II. APPENDIX C--To CHAPTER III. APPENDIX D--To CHAPTER IV. APPENDIX E--To CHAPTER VII. APPENDIX F--To CHAPTER VII. APPENDIX G--To CHAPTER X. APPENDIX H--To CHAPTER XII. APPENDIX I--To CHAPTER XIII. APPENDIX J--To CHAPTER XIII.

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