Confederate Military History, Vol. 9 of 12

Download or read book Confederate Military History, Vol. 9 of 12 written by Clement Anselm Evans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Confederate Military History, Vol. 9 of 12: A Library of Confederate States History Written by Distinguished Men of the South T the treaty at Watauga, Tenn, in March, 1775, R when the Cherokees sold to the Henderson com pany for ten thousand pounds sterling the greater part of the territory embracing the present State of Ken tucky, the chief, Dragging Canoe, said there was a dark cloud over that country. Another version is that he said it was a dark and bloody ground. The whites, inquir ing the meaning of his reference to a Cloud, and fearing it implied an imperfect title, were assured with a stately wave of the hand by the stern Chieftain that their title was unquestioned, but that he feared when the pur chasers went to take possession the Indians of the north who frequented the land as a hunting ground would shed their blood and resist their occupancy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.