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APPENDIX F - To CHAPTER IX . 72 74 76 THE INDIAN WARS , 1784-1787 83
114 I. THE INRUSH OF SETTLERS , 1784-1787 II . THE INDIAN Wars , 1784-
1787 III . THE NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI ; SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS
AND ...
APPENDIX F - To CHAPTER IX . 72 74 76 THE INDIAN WARS , 1784-1787 83
114 I. THE INRUSH OF SETTLERS , 1784-1787 II . THE INDIAN Wars , 1784-
1787 III . THE NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI ; SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS
AND ...
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The point pitched upon was the beautiful country lying along the great bend of
the Cumberland . Many adventurous settlers were anxious to accompany
Robertson , and , like him , to take their wives and children with them into the new
land .
The point pitched upon was the beautiful country lying along the great bend of
the Cumberland . Many adventurous settlers were anxious to accompany
Robertson , and , like him , to take their wives and children with them into the new
land .
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So the place was well known , and the reports of the hunters had made many
settlers eager to visit it , though as yet no regular path led thither . In 1778 the first
permanent settler arrived in the person of a hunter named Spencer , who spent
the ...
So the place was well known , and the reports of the hunters had made many
settlers eager to visit it , though as yet no regular path led thither . In 1778 the first
permanent settler arrived in the person of a hunter named Spencer , who spent
the ...
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A few days after their arrival they were joined by another batch of hunter - settlers
, who had come out under the leadership of Kasper Mansker . As soon as the
corn was planted and cabins put up , most of the intending settlers returned to
their ...
A few days after their arrival they were joined by another batch of hunter - settlers
, who had come out under the leadership of Kasper Mansker . As soon as the
corn was planted and cabins put up , most of the intending settlers returned to
their ...
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Our forefathers may well be pardoned for failing to see that it was of more
importance to have it owned in small lots by actual settlers than to have it filled up
quickly under a system of huge grants to individuals or corporations . Many wise
and ...
Our forefathers may well be pardoned for failing to see that it was of more
importance to have it owned in small lots by actual settlers than to have it filled up
quickly under a system of huge grants to individuals or corporations . Many wise
and ...
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| Title | The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the West Volume 7 of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Publisher | P. F. Collier, 1896 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 13 Feb 2013 |
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