Contents -- I. The Way of the Frontier -- II. First Footprints -- III. How the Settler Got His Land -- IV. The Cabin in the Clearing -- V. Linsey and Buckskin: Venison and Pone -- VI. Truck Patch and Cornfield -- VII. Butcher, Baker, Candlestick-Maker -- VIII. Growing Upon the Frontier -- IX. Jigging It Off -- X. "Indians in the Valley!" -- XI. Yarbs, Doctors, and Charms -- XII. The Log Church -- XIII. Frontier Justice -- XIV. From Indian Trail to Turnpike -- XV. Life in the Towns -- XVI. The First Factories -- XVII. The Road to the Past -- Glossary.