Pioneers of the Old Southwest,
A Chronicle of the Dark and Bloody Ground
by Constance Lindsay Skinner




Acknowledgment

This narrative is founded largely on original sources--on the
writings and journals of pioneers and contemporary observers,
such as Doddridge and Adair, and on the public documents of the
period as printed in the Colonial Records and in the American
Archives. But the author is, nevertheless, greatly indebted to
the researches of, other writers, whose works are cited in the
Bibliographical Note. The author's thanks are due, also, to Dr.
Archibald Henderson, of the University of North Carolina, for his
kindness in reading the proofs of this book for comparison with
his own extended collection of unpublished manuscripts relating
to the period.

C. L. S.

April, 1919.


CONTENTS

I. THE TREAD OF PIONEERS
II. FOLKWAYS