Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
HAYWOOD'S
HISTORY OF TENNESSEE.
[CoNTINuE6 FROM LAST WEEK.

the Cherokees had resolved to go to
war, and were preparing to march upon
the inhabitants Colonel Sewer gave
immediate notice 10 Colonel Arthur
Campbell, of Virginia, and obtained
from him promise of assistance. Col
Sewer ordered the militia of his county
forthwith to assemble on Lick Greek
of Nolachucky river. Two hundred
men assembled in u few days ut the
place; they thence marched to Dig
Creek, which discharges itself into
Broad river. The spies were sent up
Long Greek of Nolachucky to the head,
and thence down creek which empties
into French Broad. In going down the
latter creek they met party of Indians
who fired upon them. The spies re
turned TO the army on Long Creek.
The next morning at break of day they
went up Long Creek and crossed French
Broad ut Sewers Island and encamped
oh boyu hIcch' luc ucAI uuy carly
in the morning the advance guard uu-
der the command of Captain Stinson,
marched up Boyd's Creek and at the
distance of three miles found the ell.
campment of the Indians, and their
fires burning. A reinforcement was
Immediately ordered to the front, and
the guard was directed if it came up
with the Indians to fire upon them and
retreat, and draw them OH. Three
quarters of mile from their camp the
enemy fired upon the advance from an
an lNbuscade. 1t returned the fire and
and retreated, and as had been antici-
pated, was pursued by the enemy till
it joined the main body. This was
formed into three divisions: the centre
commanded by Colonel John Sewer,
the right wing by Major Jesse Walton,
and the left by Major Jonathan Upton.
And it was ordered that so soon as the
enemy should approach the front, the
right wing should wheel to the left,
and the left wing to the right and thus
enclose them. In this order was the
army was arranged when they met the
Indians at the Cedar Spring, who rushed
forward after the guard with great
rapidity, till checked by the opposition
of the main body. Major Walton with
the right wing wheeled briskly to the
left, and performed the order which he
was to execute with precise accuracy.
But the left wing moved to the right
with less celebrity, and when the centre
fired upon the Indians, doing immense
execution, the latter retreated through
the unoccupied space which was left
open between the extremities of the
right and left wings, and running into
a swamp escaped the destruction which
otherwise seemed ready to involve
them. The loss of the enemy amounted
to twenty eight killed ON the ground
and very many wounded, who got of
without being taken. On the side OF
Sewers troops not man was even
wounded. The troops under his com
mand then returned to the Great Island
in French Broad river, otherwise called
Sewers Island, and, and waited there
for the arrival of the troops from Vir
ginia and the county of Sullivan. Col
Arthur Campbell with his regimen
from Virginia, and Col. Isaac Shelby
with his troops from Sullivan Joined
Sewer in few days in the month o.
September. The whole army then con
sist, d of five or six hundred men, anC
marched on the fifth day after tn,
skirmish, up Boyd's Creek, to the bat
tie ground; thence to Little river, t,
Town Creek, to Pistol Greek, to MIN
. Mile Creek, to Tennessee river, whicl
they crossed at the Virginia ford, ant
into the town of Tamotlee; thence t,
Tellico; thence to the waters of Hiwas
sc e, and thence to the river, which the
: crossed at the town of Hiwassee. Th
town was evacuated, and the troop
saw but one Indian, who was place
n on the summit of a ridge, there to bea
drum and give signals TO the othe
Indians; the spies of the whites stol
on him and shot him. The America
army thence marched southwardly til
. they came near to the Chiccamauga, G
P, Lookout towns, where they encampet
and the next day marched into th
!. towns, where they took Capt. Roger
four negroes, and one squaw and chi
dren; they then marched to the water
of Coosa, by Vann 8 town; thence b
the old Shoemack town, and thence r,
10 turned home by the same route the
had come. These operations checke
the Cherokees for some time. TT
American troops killed all their stoc
70 of cattle and hogs which could /
found; burnt many of their towns an
: villages, and spread over the face {
the country general devastation, fro
} which they could not recover for Sc
p" eral years.
In the spring of the year 1850, IL
" agents of the British Government, he
conferences with the Indians at Augu
ta; the consequence of which was, tn
war broke out generally with the Sout
ern Indians in subsequent part Of Il
year.
The Indians attacked house call'
Boilston's; killed two men, William
and Hardin. Four Indians were kille