A COURIER'S HALT TO FEED

From Painting by Frederic Remington

COPYRIGHT 1889, 1894, 1896
By G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

Thiş edition is published under arrangement with
.G: P. Putnam's Sons, of New York and London.

CONTENTS

I

THE WAR IN THE NORTHWEST

(CONTINUED)

VII. ROBERTSON FOUNDS THE CUMBERLAND SETTLE-

MENT, 1779-1780 ...

VIII. THE CUMBERLAND SETTLEMENTS TO THE CLOSE

OF THE REVOLUTION, 1781-1783

IX. WHAT THE WESTERNERS HAD DONE DURING

THE REVOLUTION, 1783

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX D_TO CHAPTER VIII.

APPENDIX E-TO CHAPTER IX.

APPENDIX F-To CHAPTER IX.

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THE INDIAN WARS, 1784-1787

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114

I. THE INRUSH OF SETTLERS, 1784-1787

II. THE INDIAN Wars, 1784-1787

III. THE NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI; SEPARAT-

IST MOVEMENTS AND SPANISH INTRIGUES,

1784-1788

IV. THE STATE OF FRANKLIN, 1784-1788 .

V. KENTUCKY'S STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD, 1784-

1790

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242

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ST. CLAIR AND WAYNE

I. THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY; Ohio, 1787-1790. 325

II. THE WAR IN THE NORTHWEST, 1787-1790 . 373