Early History of Middle Tennessee
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Description de l’éditeur
This classic includes the following chapters:
1. The Mound Builders
2. First Indian Settlers
3. The Spanish Adventures
4. Hunters and Traders—Dr. Walker and Party
5. Timothy Demonbreun
6. Wallen, Boone, Callaway, and Scraggins
7. The Long Hunters
8. Mansker’s Party—First Indian Killed
9. Thomas Sharp Spencer
10. Indian Tribes and Treaties
11. First Settlers
12. James Robertson—The Arrival at French Lick
13. Location of Forts
14. Donelson’s Voyage—The River Fleets Begin Their Long Journey
15. Perils of the River
16. End of the Voyage
17. Compact of Government
18. Events of 1780—Indian Warfare Begins
19. Events of 1780 (Continued)—Massacre at Renfroe’s Station—Attack at Asher’s—Death of Wm. Neely—Clover Bottom Defeat
20. Events of 1780 (Continued)—Clover Bottom Defeat (Continued)—Bear Hunters
21. Events of 1781—In Search of Ammunition—Attack on Freeland’s Station—Piomingo
22. Events of 1781 (Continued)—Mrs. Dunham and Daughter Wounded—Attack on Bluff Station
23. Events of 1782—David Hood Scalped—Kilgore’s Station Broken Up—General Council Called—Wm. M’Murry Killed
24. Events of 1783—Forts Established in Sumner County—Court of Triers Assembles—Savage Fury Again Upon the Settlement—Treaty Formulated
25. Events of 1784—Militia Reorganized—Hunting Parties Attacked by Indians
26. Events of 1785—Wm. Hall Arrives at Bledsoe’s Lick—Rev. Thos. B. Craighead
27. Events of 1786—Population of Settlement Increases—Indians Renew Hostilities—Defeated Creek Attack—Death of Colonel Donelson—Sumner County Organized
28. Events of 1787—Increase of Immigration—Indian Outrages Renewed—Death of James Hall and Maj. William Hall—Raid on Morgan’s Fort
29. Events of 1787 (Continued)—The Cold Water Expedition
30. Events of 1788—Peyton Robertson Killed—Attack on Bledsoe’s Fort—Col. Anthony Bledsoe Mortally Wounded—Hamilton’s Station Established—Tennessee County Organized—Massacre of Col. Brown’s Party
31. Events of 1789—Col. John Sevier Elected to Congress—Indian Outrages Renewed—Colonel Robertson Wounded—Andrew Jackson—The “Fool Warrior”—Gen. James Winchester
32. Events of 1790—Middle Tennessee Becomes a Part of the Western Territory—Officers Commissioned—Citizens of Sumner County Killed
33. Events of 1791—Alexander M’Gillivray—Treaties Formulated—Trouble With the Cherokees—Chota the City of Refuge—New Forts in Sumner County
34. Events of 1792—Indian Ravages–General Knox Refuses to Co-Operate With the Colonists—Col. Valentine Sevier—Death of His Sons—Forts in Robertson County Attacked—Massacre at Zigler’s Station—Murderers Pursued
35. Events of 1792 (Contined)—Lieutenant Snoddy and Party Encounter Indians on Caney Fork—Attack on Buchanan’s Station—Jimmie O’Connor
36. Events of 1793—Major Evans and Party Attacked—Tragic Death of Col. Isaac Bledsoe—Monument to the Bledsoes—Spencer’s Adventure—Assault on Greenfield Station—Old Abraham Kills “Maddog” the Cherokee Chief—Death of Miss Steel—Raid Beyond the River—White Prisoners
37. Events of 1794—The Territorial Assembly Meets—Congress Petitioned—Indian Outrages—Attack on Jonathan Robertson’s Party
38. Events of 1794 (Continued)—The Nickajack Expedition–Maj. Geo D. Blackmore—Assault on Sevier’s Station Near Clarksville
39. Events of 1795-1796—A Census Taken—State of Tennessee Organized—First Legislature Meets at Knoxville—New Counties—Death of General Robertson—The End