The author is grateful to the following libraries in which he spent many hours of research: Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.; Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, La.; Sam Houston State College Library, Huntsville, Texas; Belfast Library, Belfast, N. I., and the Scottish National Library, Edinburgh, Scot.land. Valuable assistance was received from the Northern Ireland Public Records Office, Belfast; the Ulster-Scot Historical Society, Belfast, and the Presbyterian Historical Society, Belfast.

All maps are by Robert F. Huston of Baton Rouge, La., who also gave other valuable assistance.

Line sketch of the "Frontiersman" is by Elizabeth Armstrong, of Ramona, Calif. The four other line sketches are by Robert Abernathy of Waco, Texas.

Special thanks is extended to Major Crichton Maitland, Houston House, Scotland; Roderick S. Macrae, Johnstone, Scotland; Jim Gacey, assistant librarian, Belfast Library, and James Alexander Houston, Belfast. Much credit is due the author’s wife, Bess, for efficient aid and vital encouragement throughout the project.