Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 301 Roosevelt, Theodore 1858 1919 United States President (1901-1909) Roosevelt, Teddy The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Produced by Mark Hamann, Terry Gilliland and PG Distributed Proofreaders "The Winning of the West, Volume 2" by Theodore Roosevelt is a historical account likely written in the late 19th century. This volume focuses on the events from the Alleghanies to the Mississippi during the period of 1777-1783, detailing the struggles for territory and the conflict between American settlers and Native American tribes during the American Revolutionary War. The opening of the book sets the stage for a conflict that is both military and cultural, highlighting the complexity of relationships among various tribes and the British forces. Specifically, it discusses the strategic maneuvers orchestrated by British Lieutenant-Governor Henry Hamilton in Detroit, who sought to unify various northwestern tribes against American settlers. Roosevelt vividly portrays the mounting tensions, the preparation for war among tribes, and the brutal realities faced by settlers on the frontier, detailing incidents of ambushes and retaliatory strikes. Through this narrative, the text illustrates the fierce competition for land and power that shaped early American history in the West. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Northwest, Old -- History West (U.S.) -- History United States -- Territorial expansion E151 Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 826697 2025-08-05T13:01:50.748636 text/html 826615 826509 2024-11-05T14:50:41.266478 2023-10-05T13:48:42.302741 text/html text/html 387706 2025-08-05T13:01:59.853591 application/epub+zip 399081 2025-08-05T13:01:53.811645 application/epub+zip 382317 2025-08-05T13:01:52.637634 application/epub+zip 694428 2025-08-05T13:02:05.060554 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 658620 2025-08-05T13:01:59.119602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 641165 2022-09-06T17:55:05.836034 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 798320 2025-08-05T13:01:50.237615 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 778591 2024-10-28T19:00:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17507 2025-08-05T13:02:05.190537 application/rdf+xml 15774 2025-08-05T13:01:53.137592 image/jpeg 3806 2025-08-05T13:01:52.889606 image/jpeg 383855 2025-08-05T13:01:50.810659 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia