THE HERMITAGE NEAR NASHVILLE
This historic house, the home of Andrew Jackson, is now owned by the state of Tennessee
A lawyer before twenty
After the Revolutionary times had gone by, Jackson studied law and at the age of twenty was admitted to practice in the courts of the state.
Follows the settlers over the mountains
But stories of the beautiful country that were coming over the mountains from Tennessee, stirred his blood. He longed to go, and in company with nearly a hundred men, women, and children, Jackson set out for the goodly land.
They crossed the mountains into east Tennessee, where was the town of Jonesboro, not far from where Governor Sevier lived.
Outwits the Indians
Jackson and the others rested awhile before taking up their march to Nashville. From Jonesboro to Nashville they had to look out for Indians. Only once were they troubled. One night, when men, women, and children were resting in their rude tents, Jackson sat at the foot of a tree smoking his corncob pipe. He heard "owls" hooting near by. These were Indian signals. "A little too natural," thought Jackson. He aroused the people, and silently they marched away. Another party, coming an hour or two later, stopped in the same place, and were massacred by Indians.