CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I.--THE SPREAD OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

II.--THE FRENCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY, 1763-1775

III.--THE APPALACHIAN CONFEDERACIES, 1765-1775

IV.--THE ALGONQUINS OF THE NORTHWEST, 1769-1774

V.--THE BACKWOODSMEN OF THE ALLEGHANIES, 1769-1774

VI.--BOON AND THE LONG HUNTERS; AND THEIR HUNTING IN NO-MAN'S-LAND,
1769-1774

VII.--SEVIER, ROBERTSON, AND THE WATAUGA COMMONWEALTH, 1769-1774

VIII.--LORD DUNMORE'S WAR, 1774

IX.--THE BATTLE OF THE GREAT KANAWHA; AND LOGAN'S SPEECH, 1774

X.--BOON AND THE SETTLEMENT OF KENTUCKY, 1775

XI.--IN THE CURRENT OF THE REVOLUTION--THE SOUTHERN BACKWOODSMEN
OVERWHELM THE CHEROKEES, 1776