The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest frontier, 1795-1817
By: Robert V. Haynes.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813125770
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi; Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, Old; Mississippi -- History -- To 1803; Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Southwest, Old -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From province to territory; title: "His yankeeship"; title: Frontier democracy, republican style; title: An "insidious junto"; title: A territory in transition; title: Ruffians along the border; title: Security and settlements; title: "Some dark mysterious business"; title: The Williams imbroglio; title: Changing of the guard; title: Transformation of a territory; title: Natives and interlopers; title: Manifest destiny; title: The Mobile question; title: The Creek war; title: Holmes sweet Holmes; title: Statehood.