Question: The Rutherford Light Horse expedition launched against which people located in their historic settlements in what is now the U.S. state of Tennessee in the Southeastern United States, on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains?

Context articles: Great Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
East Tennessee
Unaka Range
Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands)
Rutherford Light Horse expedition
Bald Mountains
Unicoi Mountains
Overhill Cherokee
Light Horse Tavern

The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States.
 They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province.
 The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains and the name is commonly shortened to the Smokies.
 The Great Smokies are best known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which protects most of the range.
 The park was established in 1934, and, with over 9 million visits per year, it is the most-visited national park in the United States.
Tennessee ( ; Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ , "Tanasi " ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.
 Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States.
 Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west.
 The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border.
 Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, with a population of 660,388.
 Tennessee's second largest city is Memphis, which has a population of 652,717.
East Tennessee comprises approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law.
 East Tennessee consists of 33 counties, 30 located within the Eastern Time Zone and three counties in the Central Time Zone, namely Bledsoe, Cumberland, and Marion.
 East Tennessee is entirely located within the Appalachian Mountains, although the landforms range from densely forested 6000 ft mountains to broad river valleys.
 The region contains the major cities of Knoxville, Chattanooga and Johnson City, Tennessee's third, fourth and ninth largest cities, respectively.
The Unaka Range is a mountain range on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, in the southeastern United States.
 It is a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains physiographic province.
 The Unakas stretch approximately from the Nolichucky River to the south to the Watauga River to the north.
 The Unakas include the prominent Roan Highlands, where several summits rise above 6,000 feet.
 The Iron Mountains border the Unakas to the north, and the Bald Mountains border the Unakas opposite the Nolichucky to the south.
 The name "unaka" is rooted in the Cherokee term "unega", meaning "white".
Roan Mountain is the highpoint of the Roan-Unaka Range of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States.
 The mountain is clad in a dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest, and includes the world's largest natural rhododendron garden, and the longest stretch of grassy bald in the Appalachian range.
 The Cherokee National Forest and Pisgah National Forest converge atop the mountain, with Roan Mountain State Park located near its northern base.
 The Appalachian Trail crosses most of the Roan's crest.
 The Roan High Knob Shelter is the highest backcountry shelter on the entire 2174 mi trail.
The Rutherford Light Horse expedition was a punitive military excursion launched against the Lower, Middle, and Overhill Cherokee settlements of the Cherokee Indians in the Appalachian region of North Carolina.
 This was in retaliation for the Native Indian attacks made against the European American settlements of the Watauga Association in July 1776, in an early action of the American War of Independence.
 The expedition, which took place on the American frontier and resulted in the destruction of six Cherokee towns, ran from October 17 until November 16, 1776.
 The adventure only concluded when the troop was forced to turn back due to a lack of supplies.
 It was led by Captain William Moore, acting directly under the command of Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford.
The Bald Mountains are a mountain range rising along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina in the southeastern United States.
 They are part of the Blue Ridge Mountain Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
 The Bald Mountains stretch from the Pigeon River in the south to the Nolichucky River in the north, and comprise parts of Cocke County, Greene County, and Unicoi County in Tennessee and parts of Madison County and Yancey County in North Carolina.
 The Great Smoky Mountains border the range to the south, and the Unakas rise opposite the Nolichucky to the north.
 The range gets its name from the relatively frequent occurrence of grassy balds atop the more prominent summits.
The Unicoi Mountains are a mountain range rising along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina in the southeastern United States.
 They are part of the Blue Ridge Mountain Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
 The Unicois are located immediately south of the Great Smoky Mountains and immediately west of the Cheoah Mountains.
 Most of the range is protected as a national forest, namely the Cherokee National Forest on the Tennessee side and the Nantahala National Forest on the North Carolina side— although some parts have been designated as wilderness areas and are thus more strictly regulated.
Overhill Cherokee was the term for the Cherokee people located in their historic settlements in what is now the U.S. state of Tennessee in the Southeastern United States, on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains.
 This name was used by 18th-century European traders and explorers from British colonies along the Atlantic coast, as they had to cross the mountains to reach these settlements.
Light Horse Tavern is a restaurant located in Jersey City, New Jersey.
 Restored from an 1850s tavern, the building served as a speakeasy during Prohibition in the United States.
 Founders Bill Gray and Ron Smith named the restaurant after Henry Lee III, known as "Light Horse Harry", a historical figure from the American Revolution.
 Its first chef was Ian Topper-Kapitan; he was replaced in 2007 by Marcos Costas.