Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-12-11


He wrote orders to Beard to desst, but
equally in vain. On the nth of July,
they moved off for South West Point,
consisting of one hundred and thirty
or one hundred and forty men. An
other party had determined to set off
on the 1st of August, and no orders of
Government could restrain them. They
had long demanded and threatened and
were now actually proceeded to take
the defense of themselves into their
own hands. General Sever desired
to head II party of one hundred and
fifty mounted infantry, to explore the
country on the north side of the Ten
nessee, as low down as the lower Chero.
kee towns; the Secretary agreed to that
proposition, and the men were called
into service. Boards party returned on
the nth of July, having killed eight or
ten Indians; the Indians fired on them
from some strong houses on Hiwassee.
killed one man and wounded another:
the rest came off in confusion. Beard,
with his company, was soon afterwards
sent to the defense of Nero district; the
company consisted of one hundred and
forty men, and were ordered to scour
the woods to the south for fifty miles
from the Cumberland settlements. Col.
Doherty was positively ordered to de.
sist from marching against the Indians;
he did not obey the orders, but march
ed into the Indian country with one
hundred and eighty or one hundred
and ninety men; he returned on the
18th of August; they killed ten Indian
men, nine of whom they scalped; two
squaws who were mistaken for men,
and took sixteen women and children
prisoners, nine of whom they dismissed =,
and brought home tie others. Before
this campaign of Doherty, the Indians
had stolen many horses along the from
tier, and had fired upon Lieut.. Ted
ford's men, as before stated. Whilst
he was out, horse stealing went on as
usual, and they killed one Cunning
ham and Black on the southern from.
tier, and to the eastward on Muddy
Creek, above Little Pigeon, and one
Walker on Little Pigeon. When Cum
ningham was killed, three men who
were within hearing of the guns, has
tened to the place, near which they
met two Indians, one of whom they
killed: he belonged to the town of
Chilhowee, and was known to several
persons by the name of Chilhowes Jim.
On Sunday the 18th of August, the
Indians fired upon Mr.. Black and
another man, belonging to Lieut.. Ted
ford men, as they were returning from
a cornfield at Wells Station.
On the Goth of August, at night, the
Indians burned James Tedford 8 house.
all his fax, some other property; cut
down about an acre of Capt Joseph
Tedford g corn, killed some hogs and
threw down the fences; the tracks
which they made indicted large party.
1t was believed that they were then
smbodying, and would shortly fall
upon the settlements. The people called
earnestly on Gen, Sewer to come to
their protection; the principal men in
Jefferson County, alarmed at the i'm
pending storm, and sensible that it
would shortly burst upon some part of
the frontiers, presented their senti-
ments in memorial to the General
and wished him to use the most eff
cient measures for their defense.
After the return of Doherty, and
before the 22d of August, the Indians
killed Abraham Wells near his house,
and burned three dwelling houses
which had been deserted. The Indians
taken by Doherty all agreed that except
a small party of Cherokees who had
gone to Swannanoe, all the rest of the
nation were assembling ut Estanaula,
where John Watts was, in order to
proceed to war against the territory.
Universally throughout the whole ter
ritory, powerful invasion of the
Cherokees was every day expected; {;
it was supposed, they would aim at
Knoxville, because of the goods and
ammunition deposited there. The peo.
pie everywhere asked, is not the coun-
try to be defendedp Gen. Seyier was
advised to call out one third of the mi
ltia of the three upper counties, and
a troop of horse; they were accordingly
ordered out, but they could not be ex-
pected at Knoxville before the 1st of
September. All personal communica.
tions with the Indians were now at an
end; the letters addressed to them
were fastened to posts on the banks of
the river.
AT the appearance of daylight on the
29th of August, numerous party of
Indians made an attack on Henry g
Station; they were estimated at one
hundred and thence to three hundred
Lieut.. Tedford and another man had
gone to cornfield when the firing
commenced, and then they attempted
to run to the station, but got amongst
the Indians unexpectedly; the Lieuten-
ant was taken prisoner, carried about
one hundred and fifty yards and put to
death; the other man, jackson, for.
tunately made his escape, ran to Craig s
Station, and spread the alarm to all
the adjacent frontiers; man of the