Sixteenth throughEighteenth Century European and British History - Page 9
A Short History of the American South and Southwest before LaSalle - Page 12
The Period of French Settlement of the Mississippi River Valley along with the Spanish and Englishbeing in the Carolinas (1670-1740) - Page 38
Explorations in the Carolinas during this period - Page 50
The Spanish in Florida at this time -Page 51
The later history of the Whole Lower Mississippi Valley during this period - Page 52
A Short History of the Indians in the American Southeast(16801777) - Page 65
Before the Revolution from Britain - Page 65
The American Revolutionary War Period - Page 72
The Period of Influence from Spanish West Florida - Page 78
And American Explorations in the Southern U.S(1750-1804) - Page 78
Interlude: Ashort account of the life of Andrew Ellicott, Surveyor General of the United States - Page 91
Interlude: Ashort account of the life of William Dunbar, Trustee of Jefferson College andFounder of Mississippi Science - Page 100
Details of Ellicott's journey down the Mississippi and across the Southernboundary of the United States 105Dunbar's journey up the Red and Quachita Rivers - Page 110
IMPORTANT DATES - Page 127
References - Page 192
Appendix A - Page 198
ELLICOTT AND DUNBAR'S SURVEYING METHODS - Page 198
Ellicott's journey down the Mississippi and across the Southern boundary of the United States - Page 198
Andrew Ellicott's method of determining the time - Page 201
The Lunar Distance Method of Determining the Longitude - Page 206
A short history of some of the methods of land navigation used during theperiod of this study - Page 210
