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Contents Foreword ix Chapter 1. The Omen 1 Chapter 2. The Advancing Banner of a Greedy Host 5 Chapter 3. The Cavetts 65 Chapter 4. The Lost Station 89 Chapter 5. Digging into the Past 95 Chapter 6. A Little Spot of Ground to Stand Upon 101 Chapter 7. To Become Herdsmen and Cultivators 133 Chapter 8. The Prophesy 141 Epilogue 145 References Cited 149 Index 165 Illustrations 1. Proclamation Line of 1763 6 2. John Sevier 16 3. William Blount 29 4. Fort Southwest Point 44 5. Blount Mansion 51 6. Knoxville Blockhouse 52 7. Bledsoe’s Station 73 8. Sharp’s Station 75 9. Blount Mansion Compound 84 10. Tombstone of Joseph Lonas 90 11. Tombstone of Nancy Cavett Lonas 90 12. Cavett Monument 92 13. Excavation of a 4-by-4-Foot Unit 98 14. Recording of a 4-by-4-Foot Unit 99 15. Tellico Blockhouse 135 16. Doublehead Lane in Cavett Station Subdivision 146 ...

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