CONTENTS
Archibald Henderson
Introduction
I.
The Migration of the Peoples
3
II.
The Cradle of Westward Expansion
19
III.
The Back Country and the Border
32
IV.
The Indian War
49
V.
In Defense of Civilization
64
VI.
Crushing the Cherokees
78
VII.
The Land Companies
96
VIII.
The Long Hunters in the Twilight Zone
116
IX.
Daniel Boone and Wilderness Exploration
130
X.
Daniel Boone in Kentucky
144
XI.
The Regulators
160
XII.
Watauga—Haven of Liberty
175
XIII.
Opening the Gateway—Dunmore's War
196
XIV.
Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company
216
XV.
Transylvania—A Wilderness Commonwealth
237
XVI.
The Repulse of the Red Men
252
XVII.
The Colonization of the Cumberland
269
XVIII.
King's Mountain
289
XIX.
The State of Franklin
306
XX.
The Lure of Spain—The Haven of Statehood
327
List of Notes
351
Bibliographical Notes
363
Index
371
THE CONQUEST OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST
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