Ill-fated frontier : peril and possibilities in the early American West

Ill-fated frontier : peril and possibilities in the early American West

Peril and possibilities in the early American West

Guilford, CT : Lyons Press, 2021.

xxvii, 252 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

978.01 F724 2021 MB

(OCoLC)1245250306

Contents: Introduction: Monsieur Pique´'s watch, 1788 -- West of the Revolution -- Art of the deal -- Embarkation, 1789 -- The ladies of Lancaster -- Two ill-temperd fellows in the colony made in hell -- Running the Ohio River gauntlet, 1790 -- Fort Washington and Cincinnati -- Bachelor in Louisville -- Mississippi wide and wild -- Wabash cannon ball -- Establishing a new home in Natchez District, Spanish West Florida, Luisiana, 1790 -- High-stakes ball game, 1790 -- Sword and olive branch, 1791 to 1793 -- A year in Spanish West Florida, 1791 -- Thriving in Natchez, 1791 to 1794 -- Fallen Timbers, 1794 -- Master and reaper, 1795 -- Family feud -- Peripety, another planter's demise, 1797 -- Stars and stripes -- North and South.|" ... a compelling narrative of the frictions that emerged among entrepreneurial pioneers and their sixty slaves, Indians fighting to preserve their land, and Spanish colonials with their own agenda. Here is a lively and visceral portrait of the wild and enduring American frontier in 1789. The melting pot America would become was barely simmering when an ill-fated attempt to settle land near Natchez in brought together a volatile mix of ambitious Northern pioneers and their slaves, Spanish colonists, and Native Americans who had claimed the land as theirs for hundreds of years. This illuminating episode in American history comes to life in this account of an expedition gone wrong. It began with an optimistic plan to settle and expand in the new territory. It ended ignominiously, with the body of one of the expedition's leaders returning to New Jersey stored in a pickle barrel ..."--Provided by publisher.|Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-235) and index.|L2021M109

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