42 The Winning of the West 



of the French Broad and the Upper Cumberland to 

 the half-tropical basin of the Rio Grande, and to 

 where the Golden Gate lets through the long-heav- 

 ing waters of the Pacific. The story of how this 

 was done forms a compact and continuous whole. 

 The fathers followed Boone or fought at King's 

 Mountain; the sons marched south with Jackson 

 to overcome the Creeks and beat back the British; 

 the grandsons died at the Alamo or charged to vic- 

 tory at San Jacinto. They were doing their share 

 of a work that began with the conquest of Britain, 

 that entered on its second and wider period after 

 the defeat of the Spanish Armada, that culminated 

 in the marvelous growth of the United States. The 

 winning of the West and Southwest is a stage in the 

 conquest of a continent. 



