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Title: Pioneers of the Old Southwest, A Chronicle of the Dark and
Bloody Ground
Author: Constance Lindsay Skinner

This Book, Volume 18 In The Chronicles Of America Series, Allen
Johnson, Editor, Was Donated To Project Gutenberg By The James J.
Kelly Library Of St. Gregory's University; Thanks To Alev Akman.

Acknowledgment
This narrative is founded largely on original sources--on the writings
and journals of pioneers and contemporary observers, such as
Doddridge and Adair, and on the public documents of the period as
printed in the Colonial Records and in the American Archives. But the
author is, nevertheless, greatly indebted to the researches of, other
writers, whose works are cited in the Bibliographical Note. The author's
thanks are due, also, to Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the University of
North Carolina, for his kindness in reading the proofs of this book for
comparison with his own extended collection of unpublished

manuscripts relating to the period.
C. L. S.
April, 1919.
CONTENTS
I. THE TREAD OF PIONEERS II. FOLKWAYS III. THE TRADER
IV. THE PASSING OF THE FRENCH PERIL V. BOONE, THE
WANDERER VI. THE FIGHT FOR KENTUCKY VII. THE DARK
AND BLOODY GROUND VIII. TENNESSEE IX. KING'S
MOUNTAIN X. SEVIER, THE STATEMAKER XI. BOONE'S LAST
DAYS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Pioneers Of The Old Southwest
Chapter I.
The Tread Of Pioneers
The Ulster Presbyterians, or "Scotch-Irish," to whom history has
ascribed the dominant role among the pioneer folk of the Old
Southwest, began their migrations to America in the latter years of the
seventeenth century. It is not known with certainty precisely when or
where the first immigrants of their race arrived in this country, but soon
after 1680 they were to be found in several of the colonies.