CONTENTS

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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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