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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David W. obviously fell victim to their spell at an early age , for he is said to have " volunteered for the difficult mission of carrying dispatches through the Indian country from General Jackson to Gaines at Ft . Sumpter , in Alabama ...
David W. obviously fell victim to their spell at an early age , for he is said to have " volunteered for the difficult mission of carrying dispatches through the Indian country from General Jackson to Gaines at Ft . Sumpter , in Alabama ...
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By January 1821 , he was contracting to carry the mail on his own . ... From Columbus the mail was then to be carried " by Folsom's , the Pidgeon [ sic ] Roost ... and to Natchez , ” which , he wrote , meant that " Haley and Harris ...
By January 1821 , he was contracting to carry the mail on his own . ... From Columbus the mail was then to be carried " by Folsom's , the Pidgeon [ sic ] Roost ... and to Natchez , ” which , he wrote , meant that " Haley and Harris ...
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Haley was then chosen by the Indians as their own agent to carry the treaty to Washington , while the news of its ... Though it carried no hint of force , Jackson made it perfectly plain that it meant the extension of state laws over ...
Haley was then chosen by the Indians as their own agent to carry the treaty to Washington , while the news of its ... Though it carried no hint of force , Jackson made it perfectly plain that it meant the extension of state laws over ...
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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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