David Crockett_ The Lion of the West - Michael Wallis [178]
hunting dogs of
as icon of popular culture
ill-fated gunpowder experiment of
independence and stubbornness of
Indian philosophy of
initials carved in beech trees by
intelligence and wit of
land acquired by
land bill of
limited formal education of
marksmanship of
military service of
myth and misinformation about
near drowning of
neglect of wife and children by
personal popularity and charm of
physical appearance and physique of
political attacks on
political career of
populist hypermasculine persona of
portraits of
premature death accounts of
presidential run proposed to
press accounts of
prized first .48–caliber flintlock rifle of
quest for wives of
racist expressions of
reckless behavior of
recurrent malaria bouts of
religious references of
reported execution of
as representative of common man vs. landed gentry
resourcefulness of
restlessness and curiosity of
rhetorical and colorful language skills of
Scots-Irish heritage of
search for land by
self-confidence and optimism of
semiliteracy of
siblings of
signature of
slaves owned and sold by
storytelling of
teenage working odyssey of
unauthorized biographies and ghostwritten books on
unpretentious, self-effacing manner of
whiskey offered to voters by
as woodsman and hunter
work ethic of
Crockett, David, Jr. (uncle)
Crockett, David (cousin)
Crockett, David (grandfather)
immigration of
Indian murder of
last will and testament of
Crockett, Delila
Crockett, Elizabeth (grandmother)
Indian murder of
Crockett, Elizabeth “Betsy” (sister)
Crockett, Elizabeth Patton (second wife)
character and personality of
DC’s courtship and marriage of
DC’s relationship with
death of
dowry of
estrangement of DC and
league of land granted to
motherhood of
move to Texas by
widowhood of
Crockett, James (uncle)
Crockett, James Patterson (brother)
Crockett, John (brother)
Crockett, John (father)
birth of
business ventures of
children “bound out” for labor by
DC’s relationship with
death of
debts and hardships of
as frontier ranger
frontier skills of
land speculation of
political life of
Revolutionary War service of
Crockett, John Wesley (son)
childhood and adolescence of
congressional career of
religious conversion of
Crockett, Joseph (uncle)
Crockett, Margaret Catharine (sister)
Crockett, Margaret “Polly” (daughter), see Flowers, Margaret Crockett “Polly”
Crockett, Mary Polly Finley (first wife)
DC’s courtship and marriage of
DC’s relationship with
dowry of
grave and monument of
illness and death of
motherhood of
spinning and weaving of
Crockett, Matilda (daughter)
Crockett, Nathan (brother)
Crockett, Rebecca (sister)
Crockett, Rebecca Elvira (daughter)
Crockett, Rebecca Hawkins (mother)
family background and extended family of
Crockett, Robert (kinsman)
Crockett, Robert (uncle)
Crockett, Robert Patton (son)
Crockett, Sally Thomas
Crockett, William (brother)
Crockett, William (uncle)
Crockett, William F. (son)
childhood and adolescence of
marriage of
Crockett Mountain
Crockett’s Ridge
Crockett Tavern
Cumberland Mountains
Custer, George Armstrong
Dandridge, Tenn.
Daniel (slave)
Davis, William C.
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
Davy Crockett Almanacks
of 1836
of 1837
of 1848
of 1854
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
Declaration of Independence
Delaware City, Del.
Delaware River
Delila (slave)
democracy
Democracy in America (Tocqueville)
Democratic National Convention of 1835
Democratic Party
see also Jacksonian Democrats
Detroit, Mich.
Dickinson, Susannah Wilkerson
Direct Descendants and Kin of David Crockett (DDDC)
Disney, Walt
Disneyland (television series)
Disneyland (theme park)
Ditto’s Landing
Doggett, Thomas
Dolin, Eric Jay
Dollywood
Dougherty, R. E. C.
Dragging Canoe
Dresden, Tenn.
Drexel University
Dublin
Duck River
Dumb Jimmie’s