. Indian history for young folks . t was too strongfor them, and they finally withdrew. The vengeance of the tribe fellheavily on the defenceless frontier, which became a scene of blood andrapine, and the war-belt was sent to the Catawbas and other tribes, askingtheir aid in exterminating the English. Meantime General Amherst, the English Commander-in-chief in Amer- 174 INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. ica, had despatched one thousand two hundred men, under Colonel Mont-gomery, from New York to the scene of action. This officer arrived inCharleston late in April, and moved rapidly towards the C
. Indian history for young folks . t was too strongfor them, and they finally withdrew. The vengeance of the tribe fellheavily on the defenceless frontier, which became a scene of blood andrapine, and the war-belt was sent to the Catawbas and other tribes, askingtheir aid in exterminating the English. Meantime General Amherst, the English Commander-in-chief in Amer- 174 INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. ica, had despatched one thousand two hundred men, under Colonel Mont-gomery, from New York to the scene of action. This officer arrived inCharleston late in April, and moved rapidly towards the Cherokee vil-lages. Coining after a night-march upon the town of Little Keowa, liesurrounded it, and ordered his troops to bayonet every man. This wasdone, and the women and children were captured. In Estatoe, a town oftwo hundred houses, he found but ten or twelve men, all of whom werekilled. Determining to make the Indians feel the power of the English,he visited, and in succession destroyed, all the villages in the lower is? CHEROKEES. Montgomery then returned to Fort Prince George, where he awaitedproposals for peace. None came, and he again advanced, this time on themiddle settlements. In three days he reached the town ofEtchowee. Here the Cherokees had determined to make astand. A smart fire was opened upon the advancing troops from a immediately pushed forward through an ambuscade of fivehundred Indians, rousing them from their coverts. As soon as theyreached clearer and more elevated ground, the troops drove the enemy be- THE SOUTHERN INDIANS. 175 August 7. fore them at the point of the bayonet, and a severe chastisement was in-flicted upon the Indians. Etchowee was found to be abandoned, but thewarriors had generally escaped to the mountains, and the only result ofthe expedition was to increase the wrath of the tribe. Unable to effectanything further, Montgomery returned to New York. A band of Creek Indians, under Chlucco, better known as the
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