[115] North Carolina Colonial Records, viii, 236-240.
[116] Cf. J. S. Bassett: "The Regulators of North Carolina (1765-1771)", American Historical Association Report for 1894.
[117] North Carolina Colonial Records, x, 1019-1022; Caruthers: Life of Caldwell, 145-158.
[118] North Carolina Colonial Records, vi, 250.
[119] Alderman: "The Baptists at the Forks of the Yadkin," in Baptist Historical Papers.
[120] North Carolina Colonial Records, viii, 70-80.
[121] The discovery of an immense quantity of contemporary documents, since Roosevelt's The Winning of the West was written, betrays the numerous inaccuracies of that fascinating work, as well as the imperfect perspective in the picture of the westward expansionist movement. Mr. Roosevelt's virile apotheosis of the strenuous pioneer seems today almost as old-fashioned in its method and outlook as is Draper's work on King's Mountain.
[122] Bancroft Transcripts, Library of Congress.
[123] Purefoy: History of Sandy Creek Baptist Association (1859).
[124] Cf. "Pioneer Contributions of North Carolina to Kentucky," Charlotte (N. C.) Observer, November 10, 1913.