The Winning of the American West

This eBook edition of "The Winning of the American West" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.In the year 1898 the United States finished the work begun over a century before by the backwoodsman, and drove the Spaniard outright from the western world. This four-volume edition thoroughly explains the historical process of the conquest of the American West. On more than 1000 pages, former president Theodore Roosevelt described how the Americans fought Indian tribes, British, French, and Spanish troops, and how the United States became the sole masters of the West.Contents:From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi 1769-1776The Spread of the English-speaking PeoplesThe French of the Ohio ValleyThe Appalachian ConfederaciesThe Algonquins of the NorthwestBoon and the Long Hunters; and Their Hunting in No-man's-landSevier, Robertson, and the Watauga CommonwealthLord Dunmore's WarThe Battle of the Great Kanawha; and Logan's SpeechBoon and the Settlement of KentuckyThe Southern Backwoodsmen Overwhelm the CherokeesGrowth and Civil Organization of KentuckyFrom the Alleghanies to the Mississippi 1777-1783The War in the NorthwestClark's Conquest of the IllinoisClark's Campaign Against VincennesContinuance of the Struggle in KentuckyThe Moravian MassacreKentucky Until the End of the RevolutionThe Holston SettlementsKing's MountainRobertson Founds the Cumberland SettlementWhat the Westerners Had Done During the RevolutionThe Founding of the Trans- Alleghany Commonwealths 1784-1790The Inrush of SettlersThe Indian WarsThe Navigation of the Mississippi Separatist Movements and Spanish IntriguesKentucky's Struggle for StatehoodThe War in the NorthwestThe Southwest Territory TennesseeLouisiana and the Northwest 1791-1807St. Clair's DefeatMad Anthony Wayne