great growth of;
good poor man's country;
emigrants to, American, German, Scotch, Irish;
characteristics of people;
their attitude towards Spain;
misery of early settlers;
great change in;
scourged by Indians;
prosperity of;
politics;
movement for separate statehood;
movement compared to that in Franklin;
wrangles with Virginia;
delays in movement;
Kentucky becomes a State.
King, Rufus, opposes slavery in Northwest.
Kirk, John, his family murdered by Indians;
brutal deed of his son.
Lake posts, held by British, importance of, to frontiersmen.
Land claims of States;
differences in substantial value of;
those of Virginia and North Carolina most important;
those of the other States very shadowy;
misconduct of Georgia;
attitude of the non-claimant States;
Continental Congress wrestle with;
question settled by compromise and bargain;
Connecticut's sharp bargain;
small money value of land.
Land companies.