The Backcountry

Chapter 4.4

THE BACKCOUNTRY

Appalachian MountainsDense forests and rushing streams

PeopleTraded deerskins with the natives Built log cabins

Scots-Irish• Came by the

thousands to the colonies, especially the backcountry• Brought the clan

system with them• Did not like outsiders

and banded together

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Life-rough roads and rivers made it almost impossible to move goods-relied on themselves-cornhusk beds, fed family with hogs and cattle, fish and game