CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I - FRANCE AND ENGLAND CLAIM THE OHIO COUNTRY
II - A FRENCH SOLDIER LOOKS AT THE WEST
III - INDIAN CAPTIVES
IV - THE BRITISH FRONTIER ADVANCES
V - COMMERCE, THE HANDMAID OF PEACE
VI - FORT PITT HOLDS OUT
VII - ITINERANTS IN RELIGION AND TRADE
VIII - GATEWAY TO THE WEST
IX - SOLDIER LIFE IN THE WEST
X - SETTLERS BOUND FOR OHIO AND KENTUCKY
XI - FRONTIER LIFE
XII - LAND TO THE NORTH
XIII - THE NEW CENTURY
XIV - THE GREAT MIGRATION
XV - PITTSBURGH IN 1829
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 1748 - 1830
INDEX