The Winning of the West, Volume One

The Winning of the West,
Volume One - From the
Alleghanies to the Mississippi,
1769-1776

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Title: The Winning of the West, Volume One From the Alleghanies to
the Mississippi, 1769-1776
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
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THE WINNING OF THE WEST
BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
VOLUME ONE
FROM THE ALLEGHANIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI
1769-1776
WITH MAP

This book is dedicated, with his permission to FRANCIS PARKMAN
To whom Americans who feel a pride in the pioneer history of their
country are so greatly indebted

"O strange New World that yit wast never young, Whose youth from
thee by gripin' need was wrung, Brown foundlin' o' the woods, whose
baby-bed Was prowled roun' by the Injun's cracklin' tread, And who
grew'st strong thru shifts an' wants an' pains, Nursed by stern men with
empires in their brains, Who saw in vision their young Ishmel strain
With each hard hand a vassal ocean's mane; Thou skilled by Freedom
and by gret events To pitch new states ez Old World men pitch tents.
Thou taught by fate to know Jehovah's plan, Thet man's devices can't
unmake a man.
* * * * *
Oh, my friends, thank your God, if you have one, that he 'Twixt the Old
World and you set the gulf of a sea, Be strong-backed, brown-handed,
upright as your pines, By the scale of a hemisphere shape your
designs." --LOWELL.

PREFACE.
Much of the material on which this work is based is to be found in the
archives of the American Government, which date back to 1774, when
the first Continental Congress assembled. The earliest sets have been
published complete up to 1777, under the title of "American Archives,"
and will be hereafter designated by this name. These early volumes
contain an immense amount of material, because in them are to be
found memoranda of private individuals and many of the public papers
of the various colonial and State governments, as well as those of the

Confederation. The documents from 1789 on--no longer containing any
papers of the separate States--have also been gathered and printed
under the heading of "American State Papers"; by which term they will
be hereafter referred to.
The mass of public papers coming in between these two series, and
covering the period extending from 1776 to 1789, have never been
published, and in great part have either never been examined or else
have been examined in the most cursory manner. The original
documents are all in the Department of State at Washington, and for
convenience will be referred to as "State Department MSS." They are
bound in two or three hundred large volumes; exactly how many I
cannot say, because, though they are numbered, yet several of the
numbers themselves contain from two or three to ten or fifteen volumes
apiece. The volumes to which reference will most often be made are the
following:
* * * * *
No. 15. Letters of Huntington.
No. 16. Letters of the Presidents of Congress.
No. 18. Letter-Book B.
No. 20. Vol. 1. Reports of Committees on State Papers.
No. 27. Reports of Committees on the War Office. 1776 to 1778.
No. 30. Reports of Committees.
No. 32. Reports of Committees of the States and of the Week.
No. 41. Vol. 3. Memorials E. F. G. 1776-1788.
No. 41. Vol. 5. Memorials K. L. 1777-1789.
No. 50. Letters and Papers of Oliver Pollock. 1777-1792.
No. 51. Vol. 2 Intercepted Letters. 1779-1782.
No. 56. Indian Affairs.
No. 71. Vol. 1. Virginia State Papers.
No. 73. Georgia State Papers.
No. 81. Vol. 2. Reports of Secretary John Jay.
No. 120. Vol. 2. American Letters.
No. 124. Vol. 3. Reports of Jay.
No. 125. Negotiation Book.
No. 136. Vol. 1. Reports of Board of Treasury.
No. 136. Vol. 2. Reports of Board of Treasury.
No. 147. Vol. 2. Reports of Board of War.

No. 147. Vol. 5. Reports of Board of War.
No. 147. Vol. 6. Reports of Board of War.
No. 148. Vol. 1. Letters from Board of War.
No. 149. Vol. 1. Letters and Reports from B. Lincoln, Secretary at War.
No. 149. Vol. 2. Letters and Reports from B. Lincoln, Secretary at War.
No. 149. Vol. 3. Letters and Reports