xv, 323, [4] pp. Maroon cloth, gilt titles, black decorations. Frontispiece of John Sevier, fold-out map precedes text. The first in a trilogy of books about settlers of the American Southwest, covering the years from Daniel Boone's first excursion in 1760 to the close of the Revolution. It includes a description of the country west of the Alleghenies; an account of the Indians; the Watauga settlement; temporary peace and prosperity; Boone's purchase of Kentucky for the Transylvania Company; the outbreak of the Revolution; the Indian Wars; life of the Watauga colony in Tennessee; participation in the Battle of King's Mountain; the defeat of the Indians; and the final conflicts of the Revolution. (taken from description of the reissue by Reprint Company Publishers)
