6. John Sevier studied at Fredericksburg; fought Indians in the Shenandoah. 7. He went over to the settlement on the Watauga; helped defend it against the Indians. 8. Sevier helped win the great victory at Kings Mountain. 9. He was many times governor of Tennessee.
10. George Rogers Clark loved the woods; was a surveyor and an Indian fighter at twenty-one. 11. Moved to Kentucky, saw men and women scalped, and resolved to capture the British posts north of the Ohio. 12. Clark received permission from Patrick Henry, collected his little army, and floated down the Ohio to the falls. 13. He drilled his men; set out for Kaskaskia, which he captured. 14. Clark marched for Vincennes through the drowned lands; attacked and captured Vincennes. 15. Clark was not rewarded by the government, but the state of Indiana has erected a great monument to his memory.
Study Questions. 1. What did Boone do that was pioneer-like? 2. What was the country doing in 1760? 3. Why did Boone wish to leave North Carolina? 4. What were the early names of Kentucky, and what did these names mean? 5. Tell the story of Boone's first visit to Kentucky. 6. Picture the capture and escape of Boone and Stewart. 7. Find the places on the map which are named on Boone's Wilderness Road. 8. Picture the scene in Boonesboro the night of the capture of the girls and also their rescue and return home. 9. Go with Boone to Blue Licks and help make salt. 10. Be captured, and tell of the long journey to Detroit, what you saw there, and how and why Boone made his escape. 11. Tell the story of the last attack on Boonesboro. 12. Why did Boone move to Missouri?
13. What famous men went to school at Fredericksburg? 14. What famous men have lived a part of their time in the Shenandoah? 15. What changed Sevier's career? 16. Tell what happened to Sevier at the siege of Fort Watauga. 17. Why did Sevier leave Watauga, and what sort of life did he lead on the Nolichucky? 18. Tell of the gathering of the clans, and picture the battle of Kings Mountain. 19. Why did the people of Tennessee love Sevier? 20. Why was the boy disappointed?
21. What were Clark's surroundings in boyhood? 22. When was he a scout? a leader in Kentucky? 23. What made Clark learn to hate the British? 24. Tell the story of his secret. 25. Picture the voyage to the falls of the Ohio. 26. What did Clark do here? 27. Tell the story of events from the falls of the Ohio till he reached Kaskaskia. 28. Picture the scene of the dance at Kaskaskia. 29. What news did Clark give Father Gibault? 30. Where were the British, and what did they do? 31. Picture Clark's march to Vincennes. 32. Be one of the soldiers of Clark and tell what was seen, heard, and done the night of the attack on Vincennes and the next day. 33. Where was Clark's Grant? 34. Why do we call Clark's conquest of Kaskaskia and Vincennes one of the greatest events in American history? 35. Where is a monument erected to his memory? 36. Find on the map the places mentioned in the campaign.
Suggested Readings. Daniel Boone: Wright, Children's Stories of American Progress, 1-40; Glascock, Stories of Columbia, 138-147; Hart, Camps and Firesides of the Revolution, 101-116; McMurry, Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley, 68-83.
John Sevier: Blaisdell and Ball, Hero Stories from American History, 90-104; McMurry, Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley, 104-123; Phelan, History of Tennessee, 57-66, 241-257.
George Rogers Clark: McMurry, Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley, 124-149; Blaisdell and Ball, Hero Stories from American History, 1-17; Eggleston, Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet, 41-51; Roosevelt, The Winning of the West, II, 31-85.