Introductory material

CHAPTER

I.—THE SPREAD OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

II.—THE FRENCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY, 1763-1775

III.—THE APPALACHIAN CONFEDERACIES, 1765-1775

IV.—THE ALGONQUINS OF THE NORTHWEST, 1769-1774

V.—THE BACKWOODSMEN OF THE ALLEGHANIES, 1769-1774

VI.—BOON AND THE LONG HUNTERS; AND THEIR HUNTING IN NO-MAN'S-LAND, 1769-1774

VII.—SEVIER, ROBERTSON, AND THE WATAUGA COMMONWEALTH, 1769-1774

VIII.—LORD DUNMORE'S WAR, 1774

IX.—THE BATTLE OF THE GREAT KANAWHA; AND LOGAN'S SPEECH, 1774

X.—BOON AND THE SETTLEMENT OF KENTUCKY, 1775

XI.—IN THE CURRENT OF THE REVOLUTION—THE SOUTHERN BACKWOODSMEN OVERWHELM THE CHEROKEES, 1776

XII.—GROWTH AND CIVIL ORGANIZATION OF KENTUCKY, 1776