Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . hoctaws, Shawnoese, andeven by the Iroquois. After the two Carolina provinces were separated, in1729, North Carolina claimed Tennessee as a part of its domain, and definediits boundaries as of equal width with its own, and extending to the Missis- THE GREAT REPUBLIC OF THE WEST. 167 sippi River. No Indian tribe made that region its fixed habitation exceptingthe Cherokees, who dwelt in the extreme south-east part. In the year 1756 the Earl of Loudoun, then Governor of Virginia, sentAndrew Lewis into the Tenn
Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . hoctaws, Shawnoese, andeven by the Iroquois. After the two Carolina provinces were separated, in1729, North Carolina claimed Tennessee as a part of its domain, and definediits boundaries as of equal width with its own, and extending to the Missis- THE GREAT REPUBLIC OF THE WEST. 167 sippi River. No Indian tribe made that region its fixed habitation exceptingthe Cherokees, who dwelt in the extreme south-east part. In the year 1756 the Earl of Loudoun, then Governor of Virginia, sentAndrew Lewis into the Tennessee region to plant a settlement and build afort. He erected Fort Loudoun on the Tennessee River, about thirty milesfrom the site of (present) Knoxville. The colony was planted in years later the fort was attacked by the Cherokees after great provoca-tion. While returning from their expedition against Fort Duquesne, in 1758,along the mountains of Western Carolina, the Indians got into a quarrel withsome of the white settlers, when several of both parties were killed. Some. JOHN SEVIER, FIRST GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE. Cherokee chiefs were sent to Charleston to arrange an amicable settlementof the dispute. They were treated contemptuously by the Governor ofSouth Carolina, and soon afterwards the latter, with 1500 men, invaded theCherokee country. The troops were Virginians and Carolinians. Theydemanded the slayers of the white people. The Cherokees were preparedfor war, and the Governor was glad to make the insubordination of hissoldiers and the prevalence of the small-pox an excuse for withdrawing fromthe country. He accepted twenty-two Indian hostages as a security forpeace and the delivery of the slayers, and then fled eastward in haste andconfusion in June, 1760. These hostages, who included some chiefs and warriors, were placed inFort George, at the head waters of the Savannah River. The Cherokees i68 THE GREAT REPUBLIC OF THE WEST: attempted to rescue them, and in t
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