CONTENTSPREFACE.STORIES OF GEORGIA.A SEARCH FOR TREASURE.OGLETHORPE AND HIS GENTLE COLONYTHE EMPRESS OF GEORGIATHE LIBERTY BOYS.A GROUP OF CHARACTERSAUNT NANCY HART.TWO SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.A WAR OF EXTERMINATION.A NEGRO PATRIOT.THE YAZOO FRAUDGEORGE MATTHEWS AND JOHN CLARKE.AFTER THE REVOLUTION.THE COTTON GIN.SOME GEORGIA INVENTIONS.THE EARLY PROGRESS OF THE STATE.THE CREEKS AND THE CREEK WARTWO FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS.REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEES.THE BEGINNING OF PARTIES IN GEORGIA.A QUEER CASE.GEORGIA WIT AND HUMOR.SLAVERY AND SECESSION.THE FARMER BOY OF GADDISTOWN.GEORGIA IN THE WAR.A DARING ADVENTURE.THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD."THE NEW SOUTH" ILLUSTRATIONSDe SotoIndian QueenOglethorpeMary MusgroveEmpress MaryThe Liberty BoysTondee's TavernSeisure of Ammunition in SavannahThe Head of Robert SalletteMcgirth and his MareCaptain Rory McintoshAunt Nancy HartAunt Nancy Captures the ToriesGeneral James JacksonElijah ClarkeA War of ExterminationOld Man Whipped at the Tail of a CartA Negro PatriotThe Yazoo SchemeRope to Hang MusgroveGeorge Matthews and John ClarkeAfter the RevolutionEarly Cultivation of CottonWhitney and his Cotton GinWilliam Longstreet and his SteamboatLaughing GasEarly Progress of the StateBritish Impressement of AmericansThe Creek WarMajor Adams Scouting and Indian CampMcgillavray Joins the IndiansIndian AttackGeneral Clarke Whips Judge TaitA Queer CaseThe Bunkley TrialJudge DoolyThe Roast PigGeorgia PoliticsJoe Brown and his SteersGeorgia in the WarThe Salt FamineCapture of the LocomotiveTearing up the RailsThe Negroes FreedStreetcar in the South
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
STORIES OF GEORGIA.
A SEARCH FOR TREASURE.
OGLETHORPE AND HIS GENTLE COLONY
THE EMPRESS OF GEORGIA
THE LIBERTY BOYS.
A GROUP OF CHARACTERS
AUNT NANCY HART.
TWO SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
A WAR OF EXTERMINATION.
A NEGRO PATRIOT.
THE YAZOO FRAUD
GEORGE MATTHEWS AND JOHN CLARKE.
AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
THE COTTON GIN.
SOME GEORGIA INVENTIONS.
THE EARLY PROGRESS OF THE STATE.
THE CREEKS AND THE CREEK WAR
TWO FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS.
REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEES.
THE BEGINNING OF PARTIES IN GEORGIA.
A QUEER CASE.
GEORGIA WIT AND HUMOR.
SLAVERY AND SECESSION.
THE FARMER BOY OF GADDISTOWN.
GEORGIA IN THE WAR.
A DARING ADVENTURE.
THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
"THE NEW SOUTH"
ILLUSTRATIONS
De Soto
Indian Queen
Oglethorpe
Mary Musgrove
Empress Mary
The Liberty Boys
Tondee's Tavern
Seisure of Ammunition in Savannah
The Head of Robert Sallette
Mcgirth and his Mare
Captain Rory Mcintosh
Aunt Nancy Hart
Aunt Nancy Captures the Tories
General James Jackson
Elijah Clarke
A War of Extermination
Old Man Whipped at the Tail of a Cart
A Negro Patriot
The Yazoo Scheme
Rope to Hang Musgrove
George Matthews and John Clarke
After the Revolution
Early Cultivation of Cotton
Whitney and his Cotton Gin
William Longstreet and his Steamboat
Laughing Gas
Early Progress of the State
British Impressement of Americans
The Creek War
Major Adams Scouting and Indian Camp
Mcgillavray Joins the Indians
Indian Attack
General Clarke Whips Judge Tait
A Queer Case
The Bunkley Trial
Judge Dooly
The Roast Pig
Georgia Politics
Joe Brown and his Steers
Georgia in the War
The Salt Famine
Capture of the Locomotive
Tearing up the Rails
The Negroes Freed
Streetcar in the South
