THE FIRST WHITE INVADER 373 INGRATITUDE AND CRUELTY 379 TUSKALOOSA, CHIEF OF THE MOBILIANS 385 TROUBLE BREWING 392 BATTLE OF MAUBILA 398 AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE 405 MURMURING AND MUTINY 410 THE CLOSING SCENE 415 ORIGINAL MOBILE 421 FORT TOMBECKBE 426 CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE CHICKASAWS 431 BATTLE OF ACKIA 436 AFTER THE BATTLE, WHAT? 441 THE RUSSIAN PRINCESS 446 EARLIEST AMERICAN SETTLERS 451 INDIAN TROUBLES 456 ALEXANDER MCGILLIVRAY 461 THE INDIAN "EMPEROR" 466 MCGILLIVRAY'S CHICANERY 471 A NOVEL DEPUTATION 476 THE TENSION RELIEVED 481 THE CURTAIN FALLS 486 LORENZO DOW 490 WEATHERFORD, THE "RED EAGLE" 495 ENFORCED ACQUIESCENCE 499 FORT MIMS MASSACRE 503 INDIAN GRATITUDE 508 THE CANOE FIGHT 512 A LEAP FOR LIFE 517 WEATHERFORD'S OVERTHROW 522 WEATHERFORD SURRENDERS 527 WEATHERFORD'S LAST DAYS 531 AARON BURR IN ALABAMA 535 BURR'S ARREST 540 A DREAM OF EMPIRE 545 THE TRIP AND SETTLEMENT 550 LIFE IN THE FRENCH COLONY 554 PRIMITIVE HARDSHIPS 559 LAFAYETTE'S VISIT 564 LAFAYETTE'S RECEPTION 569 LAFAYETTE'S DEPARTURE 574 OLD SCHOOL DAYS 579 THE CROSS ROADS GROCERY 584 EARLY NAVIGATION 589 HARRY, THE MARTYR JANITOR 594 A MEMORABLE FREEZE 598 TWO SLAVE MISSIONARIES 602 THE CAMP MEETING 607 THE STOLEN SLAVE 611 HAL'S LAKE 615 MEN WHO HAVE MADE ALABAMA WILLIAM WYATT BIBB On the extreme eastern boundary of Washington County, on a bluff overlooking the Tombigbee River from the west, is the site of old St. Stephens, the original, or territorial, capital of Alabama. At one time it had a population of perhaps three thousand, composed largely of immigrants from Virginia. At the time of its selection as the seat of territorial government it was about the only place in the territory fitted to become a capital, though Huntsville, on the extreme north, was also a town of considerable pretension.