PRESIDENTIAL EDITION THE WINNING OF THE WEST BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT VOLUME TWO FROM THE ALLEGHANIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI 1777-1783 WITH MAPS THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH HIS PERMISSION TO FRANCIS PARKMAN TO WHOM AMERICANS WHO FEEL A PRIDE IN THE PIONEER HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY ARE SO GREATLY INDEBTED CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.--THE WAR IN THE NORTHWEST, 1777-1778. II.--CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE ILLINOIS, 1778. III.--CLARK'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST VINCENNES, 1779. IV.--CONTINUANCE OF THE STRUGGLE IN KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHWEST, 1779-1781. V.--THE MORAVIAN MASSACRE, 1779-1782. VI.--THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONQUERED FRENCH SETTLEMENTS, 1779-1783. VII.--KENTUCKY UNTIL THE END OF THE REVOLUTION, 1782-1783. VIII.--THE HOLSTON SETTLEMENTS, 1777-1779. IX--KING'S MOUNTAIN, 1780. X.--THE HOLSTON SETTLEMENTS TO THE END OF THE REVOLUTION, 1781-1783. XI.--ROBERTSON FOUNDS THE CUMBERLAND SETTLEMENT, 1779-1780. XII.--THE CUMBERLAND SETTLEMENTS TO THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION, 1781-1783. XIII.--WHAT THE WESTERNERS HAD DONE DURING THE REVOLUTION. APPENDICES: APPENDIX A--To CHAPTER I. APPENDIX B--To CHAPTER II. APPENDIX C--To CHAPTER III. APPENDIX D--To CHAPTER IV. APPENDIX E--To CHAPTER VII. APPENDIX F--To CHAPTER VII. APPENDIX G--To CHAPTER X. APPENDIX H--To CHAPTER XII. APPENDIX I--To CHAPTER XIII. APPENDIX J--To CHAPTER XIII. INDEX [Illustration: The Colonies in 1774, when the First Continental Congress assembled. The heavy line marks roughly the extension of population westward. Based on a map by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London.] [Illustration: The States in 1783, when peace was declared. Based on a map by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London.] CHAPTER I. THE WAR IN THE NORTHWEST, 1777-1778. The Tribes Hold Councils at Detroit.