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The Great Republic, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
The Great Republic Vol 2 - Classic Reprint Author:Charles Morris THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS. WAR WITH THE CHEROKEES. Benjamin Trumbull. [The long chapter requisite to deal adequately with our Indian wars must, when finally written, deal cnnrlidly with the. treach-eries which, unhappily, were not confined to the aboriginal race. Tribe after tribe would combine open hostility with secret nego-t... more »iations, eager to strengthen their position by patched-up peace agreements in case the fighting went against thcm. French and English in turn availed themselves of Indian allies. In turn the civilized soldiery used and then scorned the always problematical friendship of the redskins. The story of these alliances is a sad onc, and the failurcs were recorded in blood. The Indian, rightly or wrongly, conceived he was bcing ground bctween the upper and the nether millstones. He was a difficulty in the early days, and, despite recent admirable and generally disinterested efforts to allure him within the pale of civilization,he continues to
Table of Contents
SUBJECT AU THOR PAGE; War with the Cherokees Benjamin Trumbull 5; Political Development in America Charles Morris 17; England and Her Colonies Mary Howitt 34 How the Stamp Act was received in; America Richard Hildreth 43; A Parliamentary Examination Benjamin Franklin 51; The Growth of Discontent Henry Cabot Lodge 61 The Tea Tax and the Boston Port; Bill James Grahame 68; The First Shots of the Revolution Thos Wentworth Higgin-; son81; The Battle of Bunker Hill William Cutter 87; Arnold on Lake Champlain Isaac N Arnold 99; The Siege of Boston David Ramsay 109; The Continental Congress and its; Doings Edmund Ollier 117; America in 1776 Eugene Lawrence 132; The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson 144; Preliminary Remarks Charles Morris 150 The Capture of Long Island and New; York J D Steele 162; The Victory at Trenton Henry B Carrington 170; The Capture of Philadelphia Charles Botta 181 The Expedition against Fort« less