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son, at Sevier's death, taking the latter's place with 

 even more than his power, in Kentucky, on the 

 other hand, after twenty years* rule, the first settlers 

 were swamped by the great inrush of immigration, 

 and with the defeat of Logan for governor the con- 

 trol passed into the hands of the same class of men 

 that then ruled Virginia. After that date the "tide- 

 water" stock assumed an importance in Kentucky 

 it never had in Tennessee; and of course the influ- 

 ence of the Scotch-Irish blood was greatly di- 

 minished. 



Mr. Shaler's error is trivial compared to that 

 made by another and even more brilliant writer. 

 In the "History of the People of the United States," 

 by Professor McMaster (New York, 1887), P- 7> 

 there is a mistake so glaring that it would not need 

 notice, were it not for the many excellences and 

 wide repute of Professor McMaster's book. He 

 says that of the immigrants to Kentucky, most had 

 come "from the neighboring States of Carolina and 

 Georgia," and shows that this is not a mere slip 

 of the pen, by elaborating the statement in the fol- 

 lowing paragraphs, again speaking of North and 

 South Carolina and Georgia as furnishing the col- 

 onists to Kentucky. This shows a complete misap- 

 prehension not only of the feeding-grounds of the 

 Western emigration, but of the routes it followed, 

 and of the conditions of the Southern States. 

 South Carolina furnished very few emigrants to 

 Kentucky, and Georgia practically none; combined 

 they probably did not furnish as many as New 



