The Southern Frontier 1670-1732

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CONTENTS PREFACE Vll INTRODUCTION TO 2004 EDITION XV I. FIRST CONTACTS WITH THE SPANISH AND THE INDIANS 3 II. CAROLINIAN EXPANSION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTIJRY 22 III. THE MISSISSIPPI QyESTION, 1697-1702 47 IV. THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER IN QyEEN ANNE'S WAR 71 V. THE CHARLES TOWN INDIAN TRADE 108 VI. TRADE REGULATION AND INTERCOLONIAL PROBLEMS, 1670-1715 137 VII. THE YAMASEE WAR, 1715-1716 162 VIII. DEFENSE AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1715-1732 187 IX. BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH WESTERN POLICY, 1715-1721 206 x. THE CAROLINA-FLORIDA BORDER, 1721-1730 235 XI. INTERNATIONAL RIVALRIES IN THE OLD SOUTHWEST, 1715-1730 254 XII. THE BOARD OF TRADE AND SOUTHERN COLONIZATION, 1721-1730 281 XIII. THE PHILANTHROPISTS AND THE GENESIS OF GEORGIA 303 ApPENDICES 327 BIBLIOGRAPHY 335 INDEX 359 ILLUSTRATIONS THE CHEROKEE EMBASSY TO ENGLAND MAP OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER, 1670-1732 Frontispiece Foldout ...