The Winning of the West, volume 1
The Winning of the West, volume 1
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, at Nashville, theMS. Notes containing an account of Sevier, given by one of the oldsettlers named Hillsman. Hillsman especially dwells on the skill withwhich Sevier could persuade the backwoodsmen to come round to his ownway of thinking, while at the same time making them believe that theywere acting on their own ideas, and adds--"whatever he had was at theservice of his friends and for the promotion of the Sevier party, whichsometimes embraced nearly all the population. " 23. Mr. James Gilmo...re (Edmund Kirke), in his "John Sevier, " makes someassertions, totally unbacked by proof, about his hero's alleged feats, when only a boy, in the wars between the Virginians and the Indians. Hegives no dates, but can only refer to Pontiac's war. Sevier was theneighteen years old, but nevertheless is portrayed, among other things, as leading "a hundred hardy borderers" into the Indian country, burningtheir villages and "often defeating bodies of five times his ownnumbers. " These statements are supported by no better authority thantraditions gathered a century and a quarter after the event and must bedismissed as mere fable.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, at Nashville, theMS. Notes containing an account of Sevier, given by one of the oldsettlers named Hillsman. Hillsman especially dwells on the skill withwhich Sevier could persuade the backwoodsmen to come round to his ownway of thinking, while at the same time making them believe that theywere acting on their own ideas, and adds--"whatever he had was at theservice of his friends and for the promotion of the Sevier party, whichsometimes embraced nearly all the population. " 23. Mr. James Gilmo...re (Edmund Kirke), in his "John Sevier, " makes someassertions, totally unbacked by proof, about his hero's alleged feats, when only a boy, in the wars between the Virginians and the Indians. Hegives no dates, but can only refer to Pontiac's war. Sevier was theneighteen years old, but nevertheless is portrayed, among other things, as leading "a hundred hardy borderers" into the Indian country, burningtheir villages and "often defeating bodies of five times his ownnumbers. " These statements are supported by no better authority thantraditions gathered a century and a quarter after the event and must bedismissed as mere fable.
What to read after The Winning of the West, volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Roosevelt Theodore to read onlineMoreLess
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