Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family ChronicleTracing the movements of the Haley, Evetts and Puett families from Virginia through the Tennessee backwoods, the deep South, and on to Texas, this book provides both genealogy and colorful insight into the sorrows of Indian removal, and the lives of Texan ranchers and cowboys through the experiences of these families. |
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Quite likely when Jackson was called upon to punish the Creeks for their massacre at Fort Mims , in the Mississippi Territory , young David Haley joined Jackson's forces , made that rugged march through the wilderness with his army ...
Quite likely when Jackson was called upon to punish the Creeks for their massacre at Fort Mims , in the Mississippi Territory , young David Haley joined Jackson's forces , made that rugged march through the wilderness with his army ...
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11 prestige , even Andrew Jackson's , now meant little to the leaders of the Choctaw Nation . With haughty disdain whetted on bitter experience , they ignored him , even if he had come far to meet them . When the Chickasaws arrived ...
11 prestige , even Andrew Jackson's , now meant little to the leaders of the Choctaw Nation . With haughty disdain whetted on bitter experience , they ignored him , even if he had come far to meet them . When the Chickasaws arrived ...
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But as the work ran on for years and the personal costs mounted , the figure was reappraised , and finding that this amount would be insufficient recompense , he presented his views through a newspaper article to President Jackson ...
But as the work ran on for years and the personal costs mounted , the figure was reappraised , and finding that this amount would be insufficient recompense , he presented his views through a newspaper article to President Jackson ...
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Inhalt
THE LAND There Is Just Something About It | 1 |
To Troubled Texas | 9 |
Bill Everts and Allie Puett | 21 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
became Bell Bill bought boys brother called camp carried cattle chief Choctaws close County Court cowboy Creek dangerous David David Haley death died early east Evetts father fighting followed force frontier Grandpa grass Haley Haley's hand hard head hold hope horses Indians interest Jackson John killed known land later leaving letter living looked Major Major Haley Mama March married memory Midland miles Mississippi Moffat moved named nature never night noted once Papa passed Plains President ranch range recall record removal returned River road saddle seemed sense settled sometimes South Southern spirit spring story struggle Tennessee Texas took town Trace trail treaty turned Uncle wrote
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family Chronicle |
| Autor/in | James Evetts Haley |
| Verlag | Palo Duro Press, 1976 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 7. Nov. 2007 |
| Länge | 196 Seiten |
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