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CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE xi
I. THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY 1
II. JOHNSON AS AN INDIAN TRADER 11
III. THE SIX NATIONS AND THE LONG HOUSE 35
IV. THE STRUGGLE FOR A CONTINENT 61
V. A CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIBERTY 80
VI. A TYPICAL FRONTIER FIGHT WITH INDIANS 92
VII. AT THE ANCIENT PLACE OF TREATIES 109
VIII. THE BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE 132
IX. BRITISH FAILURES PREPARING FOR AMERICAN 146
INDEPENDENCE
X. THE “HEAVEN-BORN GENERAL” 167
XI. DECLINE OF THE INDIAN AS A POLITICAL FACTOR 178
XII. LIFE AT JOHNSON HALL 194
XIII. JOHNSON’S FAMILY; LAST DAYS; EUTHANASIA 206
INDEX 223