The Winning of the West, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 472 pages of information about The Winning of the West, Volume 2.

The Winning of the West, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 472 pages of information about The Winning of the West, Volume 2.
    captured by the Indians;
    condemned to be burned;
    his escape
  Southwest, the, won by individual settlers, II;
  Sowdowsky, with Harrod founds Harrodsburg, I;
    descends the Mississippi;
  Spain, her conquests in America in the 16th century, I;
    wars with Holland, England, and France;
    surrenders both Floridas to England;
    declares war on Great Britain, II;
    claims country to the east of the Mississippi;
    hostile to America
  Spencer, the first permanent settler in the Cumberland country, II;
    mode of life;
  Stoner, hunts in the bend of the Cumberland, I;
    pilots in Lord Dunmore’s surveyors;
  Sullivan County, erected, II;
  Surveyors, the, their part in the exploration of the West, I;
    descend the Ohio;
    Washington, Clark, and Boon among;
    sent by Lord Dunmore to the Falls of the Ohio;
  Sycamore Shoals, the, treaty of;
  Tallasotchee, the white chief of, I;
  Tarleton, his brutality, II;
  Tennessee, description of the eastern part of, I;
    first settlements in;
    formed part of North Carolina;
    first settlers mainly from Virginia;
    character of the first settlers of;
    organized into Washington county, North Carolina;
  Texas, the meaning of, I;
  Tipton, Major Jonathan, commands Sevier’s right wing, II;
    failure of his expedition;
  Todd, John, reaches Boonsborough, I;
    defeated at the Licking by Indians;
    appointed colonel, II;
    commandant of Illinois;
    his letter of instructions;
    appoints Winston commandant at Kaskaskia;
    his financial difficulties;
    extract from his “Record Book,”;
    elected a delegate to the Virginia legislature;
    ranking officer in Kentucky;
    pursues the Indians;
    leads the centre at the battle of the Blue Licks;
    his bravery and death;
  Todd, Major Levi, marches to the relief of Bryan’s Station, II;
    at the battle of the Blue Licks;
  Torments, inflicted by Indians, I;
  Transylvania, Henderson’s colony, I;
    meeting of the legislature of;
    legislature of, dissolved;
    collapse of the colony;
  Trappers, descend the Mississippi, I;
  Treaty of Fort Stanwix, I;
  Trigg, Lieut.-Col., leads the men from Harrodsburg, II;
    commands the right at the battle of the Blue Licks;
    surrounded and killed;
  Twigtwees, the.  See Miamis;
  Unaka Mountains, I;
  United States, had to be conquered before being settled, I;
    territorial advances of the people of the;
    the Southwest won by the people themselves;
    the Northwest won by the nation;
    the boundaries of, II;
  Vigo, Francis, a St. Louis trader, II;
    bears news from Vincennes to Clark;
    a public-spirited patriot;
    loans silver to the Virginian government;
  Vincennes, situation of, I;
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