Massacre at Cavett's Station : Frontier Tennessee during the Cherokee Wars /

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In the late 1700s, as white settlers spilled across the Appalachian Mountains, claiming Cherokee and Creek lands for their own, tensions between Native Americans and pioneers reached a boiling point. Land disputes stemming from the 1791 Treaty of Holston went unresolved, and Knoxville settlers attac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faulkner, Charles H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cavett, Alexander, > approximately 1746-1793.
Cavett, Alexander, > approximately 1746-1793 > Homes and haunts > Tennessee > Knoxville Region.
Pioneers.
Massacres.
Homes.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Creek Indians > Wars.
Cherokee Indians > Wars.
Archaeology and history.
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Tennessee > Knoxville Region.
Archaeology and history > Tennessee > Knoxville Region.
Creek Indians > Wars > Tennessee > Knoxville Region.
Cherokee Indians > Wars > Tennessee > Knoxville Region.
Pioneers > Tennessee > Knoxville Region > History > 18th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Tennessee > Knoxville Region.
Massacres > Tennessee > Knoxville Region > History > 18th century.
Tennessee > Knoxville Region.
Knoxville Region (Tenn.) > Antiquities.
Knoxville Region (Tenn.) > History > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Omen
  • The Advancing Banner of a Greedy Host
  • The Cavetts
  • The Lost Station
  • Digging into the Past
  • A Little Spot of Ground to Stand Upon
  • To Become Herdsmen and Cultivators
  • The Prophesy
  • Epilogue.

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