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Page 87
... Muscle Shoals region , but it was abandoned because of the hostile attitude of the Indians . A major reason for the stiffening of the Cherokee resistance was the signing by four United States commissioners , led by Benjamin Hawkins , of ...
... Muscle Shoals region , but it was abandoned because of the hostile attitude of the Indians . A major reason for the stiffening of the Cherokee resistance was the signing by four United States commissioners , led by Benjamin Hawkins , of ...
Page 92
... Muscle Shoals , and he hoped that the Spaniards would be " gratiously [ sic ] disposed to reconcile the minds " of the Indians under their dominion and keep them at peace . Obviously , a major reason for Sevier's entering into the ...
... Muscle Shoals , and he hoped that the Spaniards would be " gratiously [ sic ] disposed to reconcile the minds " of the Indians under their dominion and keep them at peace . Obviously , a major reason for Sevier's entering into the ...
Page 528
... Muscle Shoals , and thus in 1890 and 1911 new canals were built around them . In 1913 , to aid navigation upstream , Hales Bar Dam , thirty - three miles below Chattanooga , was completed . Erected by the Tennessee Electric Power ...
... Muscle Shoals , and thus in 1890 and 1911 new canals were built around them . In 1913 , to aid navigation upstream , Hales Bar Dam , thirty - three miles below Chattanooga , was completed . Erected by the Tennessee Electric Power ...
Contents
Indian Inhabitants | 17 |
The Europeans Struggle for Control | 30 |
Beginnings of Settlement and Revolution | 48 |
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Tennessee: A Short History Stanley John Folmsbee,Robert Ewing Corlew,Enoch L. Mitchell Snippet view - 1969 |
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