Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-08-14

tons Station, which he had been in.
formed the Indians intended to reduce,
but he had not yet heard of the attack
which they had actually made upon it.
He unexpectedly met one hundred Of
the retreating Indians, fired upon them,
compelled them to give way, and con.
tinued his march to the station; thence
he Immediately went home, and with.
out delay convened Capt. John Craig
and his company, and one or two other
companies, and at the special request
Of Col. Sewer, he was joined also by
Capt. Evans and his company, who
was requested to do so by an express
sent for the purpose. Capt. Evans
took post in the rear of the front guard !;
as the army passed through Sitico.
Evans seeing an old Indian slip into a
house between daylight and sun rise,
took with him John Ish, and rode up
to the house in which he saw sitting
an old man, and upon dismounting
and going into the house, saw in it two
young Indian fellows, both of whom
he and Ish killed, and rejoined the
army. 1t marched constantly, and
arrived at Chilhowee; at this place
they found Indians, had a skirmish
with them, killing thirteen dead on the
ground; the whites receiving no dam
age on their side; they all returned
home safely. A few weeks after this.
Evans raised a volunteer company and
other captains also raised companies
to make an expedition into the Indian
nation; at their solicitation Col. Sewer
took the command of them; they
crossed Tennessee River and went
through Big Tellico town; thence cross
ing Unaka Mountain, they entered the
Valley towns; whilst the army march
ed on, Capt. Hubbard took ten men
with him, and following small path
they came to house where were seven
or eight Indians, who ran out of the
house, when the whites killed five of
them, took one small prisoner and re-
turned to the army. When the army
halted at noon, Capt. Evans discovered
an Indian coming down the ridge; he
mounted his horse, and taking two or
three men with him, rode towards the
Indian; he fred upon Evans and his
men. the ball passing through the
hunting shirt of one of them, and then
ran to the foot of the hill, and charg-
ing his gun, gave them second fire; {;
one of the white men fred at him, and
shot of his fore finger; the Indian
again charged his piece, but when he
attempted to prime, the blood ran 80
fast into the pan of the firelock that he
could not effect it; the whites rode up
to him and shot him down. Marching
four miles further, they encamped in
hearing Of the Growing OF cock, from
town that was six miles long; but
perceiving that the enemy had left it
at the approach of the army, Sewer.
with the army, in the morning took a
different route, which led them to the
upper end of another town, where the
corn was in the silk; the whole of this
the army cut down before them. The
Indians kept up constant fire, but the
distance was too great to do it with
any effect. After encamping here all
night, Evans, with ten men, was sent
to reconnoitre the confinesof the camp;
on the top of ridge he discovered the
signs of Indians; large body of them
had been there, and had thrown off
their old moccasns and put on new
ones; he Immediately gave intelligence
of this to the Colonel, and was ordered
by him to keep the ridge, till the main
body should be ready to march. About
one hundred Indians had turned back,
and Others went on, to form an ambus.
cade in narrow passage; the army
followed upon their trail, till it came
in view Of the place where 1T was
thought they lay concealed; the pas.
sage which the army had to go through
was one where the path was on the
bank OF the river, under large cliff
of rocks, for one quarter of mile,
which did not admit of more than one
man abreast, followed by the others in
Indian file; they had placed two hun
dred men on the south side of the river
ready to receive the whites had they
attempted to cross; one hundred in the
front, one hundred In the rear, and
three hundred amongst the rocks and
cliffs; of the whites, the number wat
not more than one hundred and forty
The danger Of marching through this
passage, was judiciously considered BY
Col. Sewer, as too great to be encoun
tered for the advantage to be attained
and he marched for the foot of the
mountain where he crossed as he wen
out. The army drove before it three
head of neat cattle, and proceeded with
90 much haste, that one of the cattle
tired and would 60 no further. At the
foot Of the mountain they killed theil
cattle, and in fifteen minutes had the
whole Of their beef cut up and put intt
their knapsacks, and had begun theil
march up-the mountain; Capt. Evan.
marched in the rear, and having passed
the summit of the mountain and pro
ceeded about two hundred yards dowr
the other side OF it, one of his men sale
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