THE CROSSING

By Winston Churchill

CONTENTS

BOOK I. THE BORDERLAND

I. The blue wall
II.  Wars and rumors of wars
III.  Charlestown
IV.  Temple bow
V. Cram’s hell
Vi.  Man proposes, but god disposes
VII.  In sight of the blue wall once more
VIII.  The Nollichucky trace
IX.  On the wilderness trail
X. Harrodstown
XI.  Fragmentary
XII.  The campaign begins
XIII.  Kaskaskia
XIV.  How the Kaskaskians were made citizens
XV.  Days of trial
XVI.  Davy goes to Cahokia
XVII.  The sacrifice
XVIII.  “An’ ye had been where I had been”
XIX.  The hair buyer trapped
XX.  The campaign ends

BOOK II.  FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

I. In the cabin
II.  “The beggars are come to town”
III.  We go to Danville
IV.  I cross the mountains once more
V. I meet an old bedfellow
Vi.  The widow Brown’s
VII.  I meet A hero
VIII.  To st. Louis
IX.  “CHERCHEZ la femme”
X. The keel boat
XI.  The strange city
XII.  Les isles
XIII.  Monsieur Auguste entrapped
XIV.  Retribution

BOOK III.  LOUISIANA

I. The rights of man
II.  The house above the falls
III.  Louisville celebrates
IV.  Of A sudden resolution
V. The house of the honeycombed tiles
Vi.  Madame la vicomtesse
VII.  The disposal of the Sieur de st. Gre
VIII.  At Lamarque’s
IX.  Monsieur le baron
X. The scourge
XI.  “In the midst of life”
XII.  Visions, and an AWAKENINGS
XIII.  A mystery
XIV.  “To UNPATHED waters, undreamed shores”
XV.  An episode in the life of A man