Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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Page 97
... lived in New England or was a German he followed the " Yankee Method " of cutting down the trees and calling in neighbors to roll the logs together for burning ; if he was southern or Scotch - Irish he girdled the trunks and let them ...
... lived in New England or was a German he followed the " Yankee Method " of cutting down the trees and calling in neighbors to roll the logs together for burning ; if he was southern or Scotch - Irish he girdled the trunks and let them ...
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... lived in eastern Tennessee . Then , suddenly , the very existence of the Watauga settlements was threatened . The surveys of the Lochaber Treaty line , completed in 1772 along the southern boundary of Virginia , disclosed that while the ...
... lived in eastern Tennessee . Then , suddenly , the very existence of the Watauga settlements was threatened . The surveys of the Lochaber Treaty line , completed in 1772 along the southern boundary of Virginia , disclosed that while the ...
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... lived were partly responsible : pioneer- ing in an area where an all - powerful nature destroyed most of civilization's gains , where dangers were plentiful and hardships common , where isola- tion cut them off from the stimulating ...
... lived were partly responsible : pioneer- ing in an area where an all - powerful nature destroyed most of civilization's gains , where dangers were plentiful and hardships common , where isola- tion cut them off from the stimulating ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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