CONTENTS 



THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES 



I. THE SPREAD OP THE ENGLISH - SPEAKING 



PEOPLES 15 



II. THE FRENCH OP THE OHIO VALLEY, 1763-1775 43 



III. THE APPALACHIAN CONFEDERACIES, 1765-1775 66 



IV. THE ALGONQUINS OP THE NORTHWEST, 1769- 



1774 89 



V. THE BACKWOODSMEN OP THE ALLEGHANIES, 



1769-1774 122 



VI. BOONE AND THE LONG HUNTERS J AND THEIR 



HUNTING IN NO-MAN'S-LAND, 1769-1774 . . 158 

 VII. SEVIER, ROBERTSON, AND THE WATAUGA COM- 

 MONWEALTH, 1769-1774 192 



VIII. LORD DUNMORE'S WAR, 1774 222 



APPENDICES 



APPENDIX A To CHAPTER IV 247 



APPENDIX B To CHAPTER V 254 



APPENDIX C To CHAPTER VI 257 



APPENDIX D To CHAPTER VI 258 



APPENDIX E To CHAPTER VII 259 



IN THE CURRENT OF THE REVOLUTION 



I. THE BATTLE OP THE GREAT KANAWHA; AND 



LOGAN'S SPEECH, 1774 265 



II. BOONE AND THE SETTLEMENT OP KENTUCKY, 



1775 295 



III. IN THE CURRENT OP THE REVOLUTION THE 

 SOUTHERN BACKWOODSMEN OVERWHELM 

 THE CHEROKEES, 1776 324 



APPENDIX 

 APPENDIX A To CHAPTER 1 363 



