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Revolutionary Reader Reminiscences and Indian Legends

Revolutionary Reader Reminiscences and Indian Legends

by Sophie Lee Foster

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Author
Foster, Sophie Lee, 1867-1950
Title
Revolutionary Reader: Reminiscences and Indian Legends
Credits
Produced by Greg Bergquist, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E201: History: America: Revolution (1775-1783)
Subject
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes
Category
Text
eBook-No.
46400
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46400
Release Date
July 24, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Revolutionary Reader Reminiscences and Indian Legends
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  4. 4.PREFACE.
  5. 5.AMERICA.
  6. 6.WASHINGTON'S NAME.
  7. 7.WASHINGTON'S INAUGURATION.
  8. 8.IMPORTANT CHARACTERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
  9. 9.THE BATTLE OF ALAMANCE.
  10. 10.THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON APRIL 19, 1775.
  11. 11.SIGNERS OF DECLARATION.
  12. 12.LIFE AT VALLEY FORGE.
  13. 13.OLD WILLIAMSBURG.
  14. 14.SONG OF THE REVOLUTION.
  15. 15.A TRUE STORY OF THE REVOLUTION.
  16. 16.GEORGIA.
  17. 17.FORTS OF GEORGIA. — Fort Argyle. — Proceed Against Augusta. — DuPont Expedition.
  18. 18.JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE.
  19. 19.THE CONDITION OF GEORGIA DURING THE REVOLUTION.
  20. 20.FORT RUTLEDGE OF THE REVOLUTION.
  21. 21.THE EFFORTS OF LAFAYETTE FOR THE CAUSE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
  22. 22.JAMES JACKSON.
  23. 23.EXPERIENCES OF JOAB HORNE.
  24. 24.HISTORICAL SKETCH OF MARGARET KATHERINE BARRY, KNOWN AS "KATE BARRY, HEROINE OF THE COWPENS."
  25. 25.ART AND ARTISTS OF THE REVOLUTION.
  26. 26."UNCLE SAM" EXPLAINED AGAIN.
  27. 27.AN EPISODE OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.
  28. 28.STATE FLOWERS.
  29. 29.THE COUNTIES OF GEORGIA.
  30. 30.AN HISTORIC TREE.
  31. 31.INDEPENDENCE DAY.
  32. 32.KITTY. — Prologue. — CHAPTER FIRST. — CHAPTER SECOND. — CHAPTER THIRD.
  33. 33.BATTLE OF KETTLE CREEK.
  34. 34.THE DARING EXPLOIT OF GRACE AND RACHAEL MARTIN.
  35. 35.A REVOLUTIONARY PUZZLE.
  36. 36.SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE REVOLUTION.
  37. 37.LYMAN HALL.
  38. 38.A ROMANCE OF REVOLUTIONARY TIMES.
  39. 39."FT. MOTTE."
  40. 40.PETER STROZIER.
  41. 41.INDEPENDENCE DAY.
  42. 42.SARAH GILLIAM WILLIAMSON.
  43. 43.A COLONIAL HIDING PLACE.
  44. 44.A HERO OF THE REVOLUTION.
  45. 45.JOHN PAUL JONES.
  46. 46.THE REAL GEORGIA CRACKER.
  47. 47.THE DYING SOLDIER WHO GAVE HIS WIFE FOR HIS FRIEND.
  48. 48.WHEN BEN FRANKLIN SCORED.
  49. 49.A REVOLUTIONARY BAPTIZING.
  50. 50.GEORGE WALTON.
  51. 51.THOMAS JEFFERSON.
  52. 52.ORATORS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
  53. 53.THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY.
  54. 54.THE OLD VIRGINIA GENTLEMAN.
  55. 55.WHEN WASHINGTON WAS WED.
  56. 56.RHODE ISLAND IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
  57. 57.GEORGIA AND HER HEROES IN THE REVOLUTION.
  58. 58.UNITED STATES TREASURY SEAL.
  59. 59.WILLIE WAS SAVED.
  60. 60.VIRGINIA REVOLUTIONARY FORTS. — The Fort at Great Bridge. — Fort Nelson. — Forts of the Northwestern Territory, Kaskaskia, Cahokia and Vincennes. — The Capture of Fort Kaskaskia. — The Capture of Cohokia and Vincennes.
  61. 61.UNCROWNED QUEENS AND KINGS, AS SHOWN THROUGH HUMOROUS INCIDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION.
  62. 62.A COLONIAL STORY.
  63. 63.MOLLY PITCHER FOR HALL OF FAME.
  64. 64.REVOLUTIONARY RELICS.
  65. 65.TRAGEDY OF THE REVOLUTION OVERLOOKED BY HISTORIANS.
  66. 66.JOHN MARTIN.
  67. 67.JOHN STARK, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.
  68. 68.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
  69. 69.CAPTAIN MUGFORD RAN THE BRITISH BLOCKADE AND CAPTURED POWDER SHIP.
  70. 70.GOVERNOR JOHN CLARKE.
  71. 71.PARTY RELATIONS IN ENGLAND AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
  72. 72.EARLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION BY LAND AND WATER.
  73. 73.COLONEL BENJAMIN HAWKINS.
  74. 74.GOVERNOR JARED IRWIN.
  75. 75.EDUCATION OF MEN AND WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
  76. 76.NANCY HART.
  77. 77.BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN.
  78. 78.WILLIAM CLEGHORN.
  79. 79.THE BLUE LAWS OF OLD VIRGINIA.
  80. 80.ELIJAH CLARKE.
  81. 81.GENERAL FRANCIS MARION.
  82. 82."LIGHT HORSE HARRY."
  83. 83.OUR LEGACY.
  84. 84.THE RIDE OF MARY SLOCUMB.
  85. 85.THE HOBSON SISTERS.
  86. 86.WASHINGTON'S MARCH THROUGH SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
  87. 87.HANNA ARNETT.
  88. 88.BUTTON GWINNETT.
  89. 89."FORCED BY PIRATES TO WALK THE PLANK."
  90. 90.GEORGIA WOMEN OF EARLY DAYS.
  91. 91.ROBERT SALLETTE.
  92. 92.GENERAL LAFAYETTE'S VISIT TO MACON.
  93. 93.YES. TOMORROW'S FLAG DAY.
  94. 94.FLAG DAY.
  95. 95.END OF THE REVOLUTION.
  96. 96.COUNTIES OF GEORGIA BEARING INDIAN NAMES.
  97. 97.STORY OF EARLY INDIAN DAYS.
  98. 98.CHIEF VANN HOUSE.
  99. 99.INDIAN TALE.
  100. 100.WILLIAM WHITE AND DANIEL BOONE.
  101. 101.A LEGEND OF LOVER'S LEAP, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
  102. 102.INDIAN MOUND, EARLY COUNTY, GEORGIA.
  103. 103.STORIETTE OF STATES DERIVED FROM INDIAN NAMES.
  104. 104.SEQUOIA, INVENTOR OF THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET.
  105. 105.THE BOY AND HIS ARROW.
  106. 106.INDIAN SPRING, GEORGIA. — Romantic Discovery. — Reinforcements. — Dunlap's History. — A Battle and Retreat. — Dunlap and Nora. — Fate of Our Heroes. — Early Settlement. — First Outbreak. — Public Treaties. — Death of McIntosh. — An Indian Elopement.
  107. 107.TRACING THE McINTOSH TRAIL.
  108. 108.GEORGIA SONG.
  109. 109.INDEX

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