This classic work is divided into the following parts: Indians and Fur Traders;Missionaries and the French War, 1650-1769;Land Titles and Pioneers, 1679-1774;The Border Wars Begun, 1776-1777;Overthrow of the Frontier, 1777-1778;The Sullivan Expedition, 1779;Last Years of the War, 1780-1783;and The Restoration of the Frontier, 1782-1800. About half the book deals with the Revolutionary War period.