Description
Much of the material on which this work is based is to be found in the archives of the American Government, which date back to 1774, when the first Continental Congress assembled. The earliest sets have been published complete up to 1777, under the title of “American Archives,” and will be hereafter designated by this name. These early volumes contain an immense amount of material, because in them are to be found memoranda of private individuals and many of the public papers of the various colonial and State governments, as well as those of the Confederation. The documents from 1789 on—no longer containing any papers of the separate States—have also been gathered and printed under the heading of “American State Papers”; by which term they will be hereafter referred to.
CHAPTERS
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
