Chapter I: Front Matter

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Revolutionary Reader

REMINISCENCES AND
INDIAN LEGENDS

COMPILED BY

SOPHIE LEE FOSTER

STATE REGENT
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF GEORGIA

ATLANTA, GA.:
BYRD PRINTING COMPANY
1913

_COPYRIGHTED 1913_
_BY_
_SOPHIE LEE FOSTER_

_DEDICATION_

_As my work has been a labor of love, I therefore affectionately
dedicate this book to the Daughters of the
American Revolution of Georgia._

September 4, 1913.

MRS. SHEPPARD W. FOSTER,
Atlanta, Georgia.

My Dear Mrs. Foster:--To say that I am delighted with your
Revolutionary Reader is to state the sheer truth in very mild
terms. It is a marvel to me how you could gather together so many
charmingly written articles, each of them illustrative of some
dramatic phase of the great struggle for independence. There
is much in this book of local interest to each section. There
is literally nothing which does not carry with it an appeal of
the most profound interest to the general reader, whether in
Georgia or New England. You have ignored no part of the map. I
congratulate you upon your wonderful success in the preparation of
your Revolutionary Reader. It is marvelously rich in contents and
broadly American in spirit.

Sincerely your friend,
(Signed) LUCIAN LAMAR KNIGHT.

September 8, 1913.

MRS. S. W. FOSTER,
711 Peachtree Street.

I like very much your plan of a Revolutionary reader. I hope it
will be adopted by the school boards of the various states as a
supplementary reader so that it may have a wide circulation.

Yours sincerely,
JOSEPH T. DERRY.

CONTENTS

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America 11

Washington's Name 12

Washington's Inauguration 13

Important Characters of the Revolutionary Period in American
History 14

Battle of Alamance 20

Battle of Lexington 22

Signers of Declaration 35

Life at Valley Forge 37

Old Williamsburg 46

Song of the Revolution 52

A True Story of the Revolution 53

Georgia Poem 55

Forts of Georgia 56

James Edward Oglethorpe 59

The Condition of Georgia During the Revolution 61

Fort Rutledge of the Revolution 65

The Efforts of LaFayette for the Cause of American
Independence 72

James Jackson 77

Experiences of Joab Horne 79

Historical Sketch of Margaret Katherine Barry 81

Art and Artists of the Revolution 84

"Uncle Sam" Explained Again 87

An Episode of the War of the Revolution 88

State Flowers 93

Georgia State History, Naming of the Counties 95

An Historic Tree 100

Independence Day 101

Kitty 102

Battle of Kettle Creek 108

A Daring Exploit of Grace and Rachael Martin 111

A Revolutionary Puzzle 112

South Carolina in the Revolution 112

Lyman Hall 118

A Romance of Revolutionary Times 120

Fort Motte, South Carolina 121

Peter Strozier 123

Independence Day 125

Sarah Gilliam Williamson 127

A Colonial Hiding Place 129

A Hero of the Revolution 131

John Paul Jones 132

The Real Georgia Cracker 135

The Dying Soldier 136

When Benjamin Franklin Scored 139

A Revolutionary Baptising 139

George Walton 140

Thomas Jefferson 143

Orators of the American Revolution 150

The Flag of Our Country (Poem) 154

The Old Virginia Gentleman 155

When Washington Was Wed (Poem) 160

Rhode Island in the American Revolution 162

Georgia and Her Heroes in the Revolution 168

United States Treasury Seal 173

Willie Was Saved 174

Virginia Revolutionary Forts 175

Uncrowned Queens and Kings as Shown Through Humorous
Incidents of the Revolution 185

A Colonial Story 192

Molly Pitcher for Hall of Fame 195

Revolutionary Relics 196

Tragedy of the Revolution Overlooked by Historians 197

John Martin 204

John Stark, Revolutionary Soldier 206

Benjamin Franklin 209

Captain Mugford 211

Governor John Clarke 214

Party Relations in England and Their Effect on the American
Revolution 221

Early Means of Transportation by Land and Water 228

Colonel Benjamin Hawkins 236

Governor Jared Irwin 240

Education of Men and Women of the American Revolution 243

Nancy Hart 252

Battle of Kings Mountain (Poem) 255

William Cleghorn 257

The Blue Laws of Old Virginia 259

Elijah Clarke 264

Francis Marion 266

Light Horse Harry 274

Our Legacy (Poem) 276

The Ride of Mary Slocumb 277

The Hobson Sisters 284

Washington's March Through Somerset County, N. J. 289

Hannah Arnett 293

Button Gwinnett 298

Forced by Pirates to Walk The Plank 300

Georgia Women of Early Days 301

Robert Sallette 308

General LaFayette's Visit to Macon 312

Yes! Tomorrow's Flag Day (Poem) 317

Flag Day 319

End of the Revolution 328

Indian Legends

Counties of Georgia Bearing Indian Names 330

Story of Early Indian Days 331

Chief Vann House 332

Indian Tale 334

William White and Daniel Boone 336

The Legend of Lovers' Leap 337

Indian Mound 344

Storiette of States Derived from Indian Names 346

Cherokee Alphabet 348

The Boy and His Arrow 351

Indian Spring, Georgia 353

Tracing The McIntosh Trail 367

Georgia School Song 369

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Fraunces Tavern 11

Ruins of Old Fort at Frederica 58

Monument to Gen. Oglethorpe 60

Indian Treaty Tree 98

The Old Liberty Bell 130

Carpenter's Hall 170

Monument Site of Old Cornwallis 266

Birthplace of Old Glory 318

Chief Vann House 330

Map of McIntosh Trail 366

Map of Georgia, Showing Colonial, Revolutionary and
Indian War Period Forts, Battle Fields and Treaty Spots 370