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Table of Contents
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
PROLOGUE
PART I
THE TALLAPOOSA
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
PART II
THE NIAGARA
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
PART III
THE TENNESSEE
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
PART IV
THE POTOMAC
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
PART V
THE MISSISSIPPI
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Epilogue
Afterword
1824: THE ARKANSAS WAR
1812: The Rivers of War
Eric Flint
1812: The Rivers of Waris a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products
of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons,
living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
2006 Del Rey Mass Market Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Eric Flint Excerpt from1824: The Arkansas War copyright © 2006 by Eric Flint
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division
of Random House, Inc., New York.
DEL REY is a registered trademark and the Del Rey colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.
Originally published in hardcover asThe Rivers of War in the United States by Del Rey Books, an
imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2005.
This book contains an excerpt from the forthcoming book1824: The Arkansas War by Eric Flint. This
excerpt has been set for this edition only and may not reflect the final content of the forthcoming edition.
ISBN 0-345-46568-7
Printed in the United States of America
Map illustrations © Jeffrey L. Ward
www.delreybooks.com
"To Quatie, who gave her blanket"
"A meticulously researched alternate history, a tantalizing glimpse of the free America we have lost, and
a thrilling story of warfare in the Napoleonic era."
—GENE WOLFE, author ofThe Wizard Knight
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Dramatis Personae
American Characters
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: U.S. negotiator at the peace talks with the British being held in the Belgian
city of Ghent; son of John Adams, the second president of the United States.
JOHN ARMSTRONG: U.S. secretary of war.
CHARLES BALL: Freedman; U.S. Navy gunner.
JOSHUA BARNEY: Commodore, U.S. Navy.
JACOB BROWN: U.S. general in command of the Army of the Niagara.
JOHN COFFEE: A close friend and associate of Andrew Jackson, as well as his top subordinate
officer.
HENRY CROWELL: Freedman; teamster, owning his own wagon.
PATRICK DRISCOL: Sergeant, U.S. Army.
SAM HOUSTON: Ensign in the Thirty-ninth U.S. Infantry; adopted son of the Cherokee chief John
Jolly; his Cherokee name was Colonneh, which means "The Raven."
ANDREW JACKSON: Commanding general of the Tennessee militia; later, major general in the regular
U.S. Army, in command of U.S. forces in the southern theater in the War of 1812.
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY: Lawyer and poet.
MARIE LAVEAU: New Orleans voudou queen.
JAMES MADISON: President of the United States.
ANTHONY MCPARLAND: Private, U.S. Army.
JAMES MONROE: U.S. secretary of state.
LEMUEL MONTGOMERY: Major in the Thirty-ninth U.S. infantry; personal friend of Andrew
Jackson.
DAVID MORGAN: Brigadier general; commander of U.S. forces on the west bank of the Mississippi
River in the New Orleans campaign.
DANIEL PATTERSON: Commodore, U.S. Navy; in command of American naval forces during the
New Orleans campaign.
JOHN PENDLETON: Corporal in the Baltimore United Volunteers, a militia dragoon unit.
JOHN REID: Andrew Jackson's aide.
WINFIELD SCOTT: Brigadier general, U.S. Army; Brown's top subordinate officer.
WILLIAMS SIMMONS: Accountant, formerly employed in the War Department.
WILLIAM WINDER: Brigadier general, U.S. Army, in command of the defense of Washington, D.C.
Indian Characters
A. RIDGE: A major Cherokee chief; took the name Major Ridge after the battle of the Horseshoe
Bend.
JAMES AND JOHN ROGERS: Tiana Ross's half brothers, nephews of chief John Jolly.
CAPTAIN JOHN ROGERS: Father of Tiana, James, and John; although a Scots-American, he was an
informal member of the Cherokee tribe and adviser to John Jolly; his nickname was "Hell-Fire Jack."
TIANA ROGERS: Niece of Cherokee chief John Jolly.
JOHN ROSS: Young Cherokee leader; very influential in the tribe, although not a chief.
SEQUOYAH: Cherokee warrior; developer of the Cherokee written language.
NANCY WARD: Leader of the Cherokee women's council, holding the title ofGhighua, "War
Woman" or "Beloved Woman."
WILLIAM WEATHERFORD: Principal war leader of the Red Stick faction of the Creeks during the
Creek War; also known as Chief Red Eagle.
British Characters
SIR ALEXANDER COCHRANE: Vice admiral, in top command of Britain's operations against the
U.S. south of Canada. GEORGE COCKBURN: Rear admiral, British navy.
SAMUEL GIBBS: Major general; Pakenham's top subordinate.
JAMES MONEY: Captain, Royal Marines.
THOMAS MULLINS: Lieutenant colonel; commander of the Forty-fourth Foot Regiment.
SIR EDWARD PAKENHAM: Major general; replaces Robert Ross as commander of British land
forces in the New Orleans campaign.
ROBERT RENNIE: Colonel; commander of the Forty-third Light Infantry.
PHINEAS RIALL: Major general, commander of British forces on the Niagara front.
ROBERT ROSS: Major general, commander of British army forces in the Chesapeake Bay campaign.
WILLIAM THORNTON: Colonel, in command of the Eighty-fifth Foot Regiment.
PROLOGUE
May 30, 1806
Harrison's Mill
Logan County, Kentucky
The duel was to be held just across the state line in Kentucky. The government of Tennessee would
enjoy the luxury of looking the other way. Although the illegal affair involved some of its more prominent
citizens, their activities would be taking place outside its legal jurisdiction.
Kentucky would do the same, of course, simply because the perpetrators would be out of the state as
soon as it was over. And they were all a bunch of cussed Tennesseans, anyway.
The first group was in high spirits as they made their way to the agreed-upon dueling ground.
"Twenty-four feet, you say?" asked Charles Dickinson, who was to be one of the principals in the duel.
He said it with a smile on his face; as well he might, since it was a pointless question. He'd already asked
it a dozen times that morning, and received the same answer every time.
Dickinson had finished reloading his pistol. He waved it toward a nearby tree. "That tree looks to be
standing about eight paces away. Pick a leaf, gentlemen, if you would."
His companions—half a dozen of the "gay blades of Nashville," as the newspapers liked to call
them—were feeling just as festive as Dickinson. After a short and energetic wrangle, they settled upon a
particular and distinctive leaf.
No sooner had they done so than the pistol in Dickinson's hand came up, quickly and smoothly. The gun
fired, and the leaf fluttered to the ground. Dickinson's shot had severed the stem.
* * *
By contrast, the mood of the other party was grim.
"You don't stand a chance against him," stated the principal's second, General Thomas Overton.
"Dickinson's probably the best shot in the whole of Tennessee."
His companion, a fellow general of the Tennessee militia, nodded silently. The nod was somewhat on the
jerky side, though the man showed no sign of nervousness. His bony head was perched atop a narrow
neck, which connected it to a slender body that looked to be all bone and gristle.
"I'll have to take the first shot," he declared. "No point trying to beat Dickinson there."
Overton winced. "You may very well notsurvive that first shot," he observed bleakly.
The principal shrugged. "Oh, I think I'll be all right. Long enough, anyway. And I don't see where I've
got any choice, anyhow. I said I'd kill the bastard, and I intend to be true to my word. Whatever it
takes."
The surgeon who accompanied the two generals said nothing. He didn't even wince, although he'd be the
one who'd have to keep the general alive afterward, if that was possible.
There was no point in wincing. A man might as well wince at the movement of the tides.
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