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

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INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

LIST OF NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

INDEX A Abingdon: 134 , 191 . Adams, John: 250 . Adams, Samuel:

Transcriber's Notes

Produced by Dianne Bean. HTML version by Al Haines.
Modified, with Notes, Bibliography, and Index by Robert Homa.

THE ROMANTIC STORY OF THE EARLY PIONEERS INTO VIRGINIA,
THE CAROLINAS, TENNESSEE, AND KENTUCKY 1740-1790



BY

ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, Ph.D., D.C.L.


Some to endure and many to fail,
Some to conquer and many to quail
Toiling over the Wilderness Trail.




NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1920




TO THE HISTORIAN OF
OLD WEST AND NEW WEST
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER
WITH ADMIRATION AND REGARD




The country might invite a prince from his palace, merely for the pleasure of contemplating its beauty and excellence; but only add the rapturous idea of property, and what allurements can the world offer for the loss of so glorious a prospect?

Richard Henderson.

The established Authority of any government in America, and the policy of Government at home, are both insufficient to restrain the Americans.… They acquire no attachment to Place: But wandering about Seems engrafted in their Nature; and it is a weakness incident to it, that they Should for ever immagine the Lands further off, are Still better than those upon which they are already settled.

Lord Dunmore,
to the Earl of Dartmouth.




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