History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ley of the Watauga, where he accepted thehospitality of one Honeycutt, raised a crop of corn, and returned forhis family and friends. On the track-less mountain he lost his way, andwould have perished but for the prov-idential relief afforded by two hunt-ers who chanced to discover himwhen his strength was fairly ex-hausted from hunger and fatigue. 76. Robertson^ the Father ofTennessee.—Robertson was not thefirst to settle on the banks of theWatauga. Perhaps that distinctionis properly accorded to WilliamBeen. It is certain Robertson foun
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ley of the Watauga, where he accepted thehospitality of one Honeycutt, raised a crop of corn, and returned forhis family and friends. On the track-less mountain he lost his way, andwould have perished but for the prov-idential relief afforded by two hunt-ers who chanced to discover himwhen his strength was fairly ex-hausted from hunger and fatigue. 76. Robertson^ the Father ofTennessee.—Robertson was not thefirst to settle on the banks of theWatauga. Perhaps that distinctionis properly accorded to WilliamBeen. It is certain Robertson foundHoneycutt there on his first he has been justly called the Father of Tennessee in recogni-tion of his eminent services to its infant settlements. It is true, hisname is more intimately linked with the history of the middle portionof the State, but his public services here antedate the settlement of theCumberland Valley by a period of nearly ten years ; during this timehe was the leading spirit of the Watauga settlements, where he proved. Brigadier-General James Robertson, Father of Tennessee. 54 History of Tennessee;. himself in every way worthy of the affectionate title he has had an elevation of soul that enabled him to take upon himselfthe burden of the whole community. He was wholly unconscious ofself. He never sought popularity, nor honor, nor position. If therewas a service too humble to attract the ambitious, a post so perilousas to make the brave quail, or a duty so difficult as to fill every otherheart with despair, that service or post or duty was accepted as amatter of course by James Robertson. And his head was so cool andclear ; he had such a brave, resolute and devoted spirit; and his vigi-lance was so alert and active, that success followed him like the bless-ings of a special providence. 77. The Watauga Settlers Ordered off.—By the spring of 1772,when the first political organization in the State was effected, theWatauga settlement n
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