...d sought immediately to renew with them an alliance; but, as the burgesses of Virginia engaged with him 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 t...