...m in a contest of power, no effectual aid came from the Old Dominion. But the assembly of South Carolina promptly voted relief; and, defying the hard- ships of a long march through the wilderness, Barnwell , with Cherokees, Creeks, Catawbas, and Yamassees, as allies, led a small detachment of militia to the banks of Neuse River. There, in the upper part of Craven county, the Indians were intrenched ...