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TRAILS OF THE WHITE SAVAGES TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Trails Of The White Savages, our
high action American History book (1813-1836), features Scotch-Irish Andrew
Jackson, Sam Houston, Kit Carson, David Crockett, Joseph Walker and Ewing Young.
Discover the Old Spanish Trail, the Santa Fe Trail and the California Emigrant
Trail. Join 326 real people and 25 Indian Tribes in Trails' 55 chapters.
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Table of Contents |
Chronology |
Page |
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Contents [ Maps & Portraits] |
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A |
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Acknowledgment |
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C |
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Foreword |
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D |
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Prologue - Vital Background |
432 A.D. - 1813 |
1 |
1 |
Pistol Balls, Blood And Fury |
September 1813 |
6 |
2 |
Will The Walker Boys Fight? |
December 1813 |
13 |
3 |
Firing Squad For A Boy |
Winter 1813 - March 1814 |
19 |
4 |
Heroes Of Horseshoe Bend |
Spring 1814 |
30 |
5 |
Fortunes Of War |
May 1814 - February 1815 |
37 |
6 |
Seeking The Promised Land |
Spring 1815 - Summer 1816 |
50 |
7 |
Land Eaters And The Seminoles |
Fall 1816 - Spring 1818 |
59 |
8 |
The Florida Wars |
Spring 1818 - March 1819 |
67 |
9 |
Missouri's Osage Ground |
Summer 1819 - Spring 1820 |
77 |
10 |
Opening The Santa Fe Trail |
Fall 1820 - January 1822 |
85 |
11 |
The Nashville Railroad |
Spring 1822 |
92 |
12 |
Wagons To Santa Fe |
Spring 1822 - Fall 1823 |
94 |
13 |
Legend Of The Gun |
Fall 1823 - Winter 1824 |
103 |
14 |
The Skinning |
February 1824 - February 1825 |
111 |
15 |
The Lost Road |
March 1825 - October 1825 |
119 |
16 |
New Beginnings |
Fall 1825 - Fall 1826 |
127 |
17 |
Power |
Fall 1826 - Summer 1827 |
131 |
18 |
Sheriff Joe Walker |
Summer - Fall 1827 |
142 |
19 |
The Old Spanish Trail |
Fall 1827 - Spring 1828 |
147 |
20 |
The Cost Of Victory |
Summer - Winter 1828 |
155 |
21 |
The Price Of Freedom |
Winter 1828 - 1829 |
165 |
22 |
Magnificent Disaster |
January - April 1829 |
169 |
23 |
Cavalry To The Rescue |
April - August 1829 |
176 |
24 |
On The Trail Of Legends |
August - December 1829 |
181 |
25 |
Sheriff Walker's Last Case |
December 1829 |
187 |
26 |
Suicide For Christmas |
December 1829 |
193 |
27 |
White Shadow |
January - May 1830 |
196 |
28 |
California Paradise |
May - September 1830 |
204 |
29 |
The Beaver Mine |
September - December 1830 |
211 |
30 |
Wolfskill's Old Spanish Trail |
Fall 1830 - Winter 1831 |
215 |
31 |
Escape From Fort Gibson |
February 1831 |
223 |
32 |
Kit Carson's Gold |
Spring 1831 |
229 |
33 |
Chilton's Crockett Puppet |
Spring - Summer 1831 |
231 |
34 |
Bonneville's Quest |
Spring - Summer 1831 |
235 |
35 |
The Houston Redemption |
Summer - Fall 1831 |
244 |
36 |
California Bound |
Fall 1831 |
247 |
37 |
The Thinnest Veneer |
Winter 1831 - 1832 |
249 |
38 |
California Cash Crops |
Spring 1832 |
255 |
39 |
Free Upon The Plains |
Spring - Fall 1832 |
258 |
40 |
Turmoil Over Texas |
Fall - Winter 1832 |
264 |
41 |
Blackfeet And Blizzards |
Winter 1832 - Summer 1833 |
267 |
42 |
Revelation At Rendezvous |
July 1833 |
270 |
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43 |
Probing Desert Mysteries |
July - September 1833 |
273 |
44 |
Decisive Blow At Battle Lakes |
Fall 1833 |
281 |
45 |
Ice, Wonders And Skyfire |
Late Fall 1833 |
285 |
46 |
Alta California |
Winter 1833 - 1834 |
289 |
47 |
Bonneville And The Nez Percé |
February 1834 |
296 |
48 |
California Emigrant Trail |
February - July 1834 |
299 |
49 |
Oregon's Unlikeliest Horsethieves |
Summer - Winter 1834 |
303 |
50 |
Trouble At The Top |
January - August 1835 |
306 |
51 |
The Cause Of Texas |
Summer - Winter 1835 |
309 |
52 |
Texas Warlords |
Winter 1835 - 1836 |
314 |
53 |
Darkest Day In Texas |
Winter - Spring 1836 |
317 |
54 |
Toe Hold In Oregon |
Spring 1836 |
323 |
55 |
Texas Transcends |
Spring - Fall 1836 |
326 |
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Epilogue - The Final Tally |
1813 - 1836 + |
332 |
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Bibliography - 169 References |
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335 |
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Text Index - Persons & Places with |
Identifying Data - 9,046 Words |
338 |
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Book Order Form - For 3 Books by |
These Authors |
346 |
INDEX
TO 16 PINPOINT ACTION MAPS*
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*See Page 2 on use of "Country" before land is a territory or state |
2 |
1 |
Alabama Battles of the Creek War in 1814 |
30 |
2 |
Walkers Migrate to Missouri |
77 |
3 |
Santa Fe Trail - Mountain Route |
85 |
4 |
Santa Fe Trail - Cimarron Route |
94 |
5 |
Old Spanish Trail - Pattie's Route 1827-1828 |
147 |
6 |
Old Spanish Trail - Ewing Young's Route 1829 |
181 |
7 |
Ewing Young in Central California 1830 |
204 |
8 |
Old Spanish Trail - Wolfskill's Route 1830-1831 |
215 |
9 |
Fort Gibson & Fort Smith in 1831 |
223 |
10 |
Captain Bonneville's 1832 Expedition |
258 |
11 |
Joseph Walker's 1833 Expedition |
273 |
12 |
Walker's 1833 Paiute Battle |
281 |
13 |
Walker's 1833 California Trip-Sierra Nevadas to San Joaquin River |
285 |
14 |
Walker's Opening of the California Emigrant Trail - 1834 |
299 |
15 |
Ewing Young in Oregon |
303 |
16 |
Battles That Made Texas a Nation |
309 |
DIRECTORY
FOR 11 ANCIENT [BLACK & WHITE] PORTRAITS
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General Andrew Jackson - Age 46 |
6 |
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Colonel John Coffee - Without His Usual Beard |
7 |
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Miniature of Rachel Jackson |
10 |
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Earliest Known Portrait of Sam Houston |
26 |
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Young David Crockett |
41 |
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John H. Eaton |
55 |
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Andrew Jackson Donelson |
56 |
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Joseph Rutherford Walker by Alfred Jacob Miller |
142 |
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Sam Houston : Cherokee 1830 |
196 |
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William Wolfskill |
215 |
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Michel Sylvestre Cerré |
249 |
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