Table of Contents:
  • A dark and bloody ground
  • 1. America's first west : 1722-1772
  • 2. General George Rogers Clark : 1772-1789
  • 3. Lieutenant Billy Clark : 1789-1795
  • 4. Soldier and citizen : 1795-1803
  • 5. "Ocian in view! O! the joy!" :1803-1806
  • 6. This wild country : 1806-1809
  • 7. Life without Lewis : 1809-1813
  • 8. Territorial governor : 1813-1820
  • 9. "The red-headed chief" : 1820-1829
  • 10. Resistance and removal : 1829-1838.