Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-01-08
HAYWOOD'S
HISTORY OF TENNESSEE.
[coNTINUED FROM LAST WEEK. |

CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
On the 12th about 10 o clock at night,
a party of Indians consisting of fifteen,
attacked tho Bullrun blockhouse, six =.
teen miles north of Knoxville, ,at which
non-commissioned officer and ten
privates were stationed for the defense
of the frontiers, and continued it until
the arrival of Capt. Baird, with party
of the neighboriug militia to its reliei /;
the Federal troops received no injury,
and the fire was warmly returned. On
the same day Capt. Evans, with the
part of his company which was under
his immediate command, Lieut. Nc
Cleveland having been detached with
another part, fell on the trail of In.
dians who had stolen horses from
Kinds field, on the 10th, and pursuing
the trail to Cumberland Mountain,
overlook them, killed one and regained
the horses.
On the 18th, Lieut.. McClelland, who
had with him thirty seven of Captain
Evans company, was attacked on the
Cumberland path, near the Crab Or.
chard, eighteen miles from Southwest
Point, by body of Greeks consisting
of upwards of one hundred warriors;
he made brave and scldierly defense,
twice repeling the Greeks, but was
finally compelled to retreat. with the
loss of four men killed, one wounded,
four missing, thirty one horses, thirty
eight saddles and brides, blankets
great coats and provisions. On the
side of the Creeks the loss was not
ascertained, but from the obstiuaoy
and bravery of the defence, and the re-
port Of Lieut.. McClelland and others,
there vas reason to believe they lost
from twelve to sixteen; the Greek com.
mander was conspicuously bold, and
was numbered amongst the slain. The
white men who were killed, were Paul
Cunningham, Daniel Hitchcock, Viii,
liam Flennegan, Stephen Renfro;
Abraham Byrd was wounded; the four
men who were missing from thu de.
tachment after the action, afterwards
reached the Southwest Point; William
Lee, one of that number, arrived on
the 18th, and reported that he had been
made prisoner by the Indians, and
had escaped from them; when he made
his escape they were two hundred in
number, and their main camp within
eighteen miles of Southwest Point
blockhouse.
On the l4th in the evening, the H.
dians fired on William BLACKBURN and
David F. Desrmon, the former FEEDER.
al and the latter militia soldier on
duty at fort Granger, twenty two
miles below Knoxville. In September
and October, and before the middle of
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tier settlers began to be alleviated, but
were not wholly terminated. Never.
theless, on the 18th of September a
man of the name of Walker was cap
tured by the Indians on the frontiers
of Hawkins County, as he passed from
his own house to that of neighbors:
and on the 18th of November, Peter
Greaves was killed by the Indians
within quarter of a mile of Sharp's
Station near the south bank of Clinch
River, twenty miles north of Knoxville; !;
the Indians who killed him had way
laid the path, and fired at so short
distance that he was powder burnt.
On being wounded he ran, was pursued
and much hacked with a sword, and
from the force of the blows, about six
inches of the point of the blade were
broken off; two scalps were taken from
his head.
On the Goth of December party of
Indians, about two hours after dark,
secreted themselves within twenty feet
of the door of Thomas Cowan and fired
upon his wife and son as they stepped
into the yard, and pierced the clothes
of the latter with eight balls, but he
escaped under cover of the night into
the woods, and Mrs. Cowan returned
into the house unhurt. The firing
alarmed the neighborhood, and Capt.
Baird was at Cowan's with twenty
men, within an hour and half, and
patroled the woods the whole night in
search of the Indians, hoping they
would strike up a fire by which he
could discover them; on the next day, {,
by order of Gov. Blount, he went in
pursuit of them. The child of Mrs.
Caffrey was brought by the Creeks on
the 14th, and delivered into the pos
session of Mr.. Spann, on the Oconee
River, in Montgomery County. in the
State of Georgia; he had been sepa
rated from his mother who had been
delivered to Mr.. Seagrove, aud publica-
ton was now made by Spapn, that she
might know where to apply for him.
During the whole of this year, while
the offensive operations of the Indians
were in progression, Gov. Blount in
dustriously applied himself to the EN-
ploy ment Of every expedient which
could by possibility smooth the way to
a pacification of the Indians; he even
made an appeal to the Creek sense of
justice, aud requested of the leaders to
be informed why their nation for the
last ten years and more, had killed the