Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-11

peltries, too. and they were promised
the freedom Of the Mississippi
But Sewer could not be induced to
listen 20 the Spanish proposals. Con-
Franklin, II was true, and North
Carolina had repudiated all it's
obligations. but the state could
paddle alone until Il got popu-
lCus enough to command rocogni-
ton. This was his program, and II
would have succeeded but for the
treachery Of John Upton, one OF his
associates In launching the lcw state.
This man had taken offense n. Sevicrs
abs, lutte control and had gone to the
North Carolina assembly and induced
that body 20 appoint him % the Coin-
mand Of the militia and also % mp
point a full set OF officers fNr the Sc
ceding territory Then he returned 10
Franklin and at once seized court rec
ords and other papers wherever he
could Sewers mon promptly recap
tured them Thc1 Upton seized them
again. once more SEWERS men re-
captured them.
with two sets OF officials there was
disorder. one body would nullifS the
acts OF the other. Rival Judges, rival
sheriffs and rival constables meant
anarchy. SEWER easily could have eX-
PEELED the representatives OF North
Carolina by force, but that would have
meant bloodshed and he would not do
IT, A truce Of six months was patched
up by which II was agreed that Sewer
was to finish out his term and that
Franklin then should acknowledge
North Carolina's control, but that so
soon as IL could do so with good grace
North Carolina should let Franklin as
sumo statehood In other words. North
Carolina wanted To- do what the Chi
nese call save face Pending ne
truce IL was optional with the franks
whether they paid taxes 10 one set Of
collectors or the other. They paid %
neither
In 1880 there came an appeal to Sc
vier To- help the people on the eastern
side Of the mountains The British had
CAPTURED Charleston and Savannah and
had oveTrun the whole OF the Carolinas
and Georgia. There hardly was a pa
triot force in the field. Sumter was In
the hills wounded. and Marion was in
the swamps Every other organized
body had been captured or dispersed.
The Tories. and there were many OF
them were nun dering such Continen-
tails az they could ind, and Cornwalis
was proceeding 90 march 10 the north
to invade Virginia. Sewer called for
volunteers and more responded that he
could employ. He was Joined by a
force from the Backwater district ct
Virginia and Shelbys men from Kings
Meadow. These formed a junction
later with bodies from Washington
county. North Carolina. ami Washing
ION county. virginia. The little army
numbered 900 men. II had no rccor-
nized commander. each body working
Independently
That this army should cross the
mountains. sweep down upon the l'ft
wing OF Cornwallis's army. coop II up
in Kings Mountain and there capture
IL. with CORVALLIS only 20 miles
- no at things
recorded in the Revolutionary war COL
Ferguson. a capable and seasoned OH
Ger. commanded the British. He had
I 100 men. when he saw he had no
chance TO avoid a conflict he selected
a Battle-Ground OF great natural
strength War students say tine Amer
lean mountaineers chose the only pos
siblc method by which Victory could be
won They made 4 feint IN front 10
cause a diversion, while separate nod
les scaled the heights. Twice one por-
tion OF the attacking force was re-
pulsed. only to return again. sewers
marty was tho first to gain the summit
Ferguson was killed while trying to
drive SEWER back once the Watauga
boys were up the hill their marksnan-
shin told and the battle became
siauphter When the British surren
dercd their dead numbered 2e5 ana |
their wounded 1856. Seven hundred we're |
taken prisoner. In no other baltic was |
the proportion " dcil 60 wounded so |
great az I'm this ono. Tho Americans |
lost 2S killed ma GO wounded Tie |
cornpa rntively snpti loss of the Amer
leans is accounted Tor by the fact that |
the English were shooting down hill |
and shot over tho heads Of the attack |
ing force.
TO escape Tarleton and cornwalh7 |
tho victors he'd to race for the Ale \
ghonics but they taught lesson TO |
his lordship and they inflicted loss |
from which ne never recovered.
When SEWER got hack home he FOUND 4
the Indians were at u again. With
only one day Of rest, he had TO start on