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Barrington (search for this): chapter 15
Chapter 15: Invasion of the valley of the Tennessee.— Pitts administration continued. 1759-1760. the capitulation of Quebec was received by chap. XV.} 1759. Townshend, as though the achievement had been his own; and his narrative of the battle left out the name of Wolfe, whom he indirectly censured. He had himself come over for a single summer's campaign, to be afterwards gloried about and rewarded. Barrington's Barrington. As he hurried from the citadel, which he believed untenable, back to the secure gayeties of London, Charles Paxton, an American by birth, one of the revenue officers of Boston, ever on the alert to propitiate members of government and men of influence with ministers, purchased J. Adams: Diary, 220. his future favor, which might bring with it that of his younger brother, by lending him money that was never to be repaid. Such was the usage of those days. Officers of the customs gave as their excuse for habitually permitting evasions of the law
Byrd (search for this): chapter 15
English agent in the proposed siege of Fort Prince George, the Little Carpenter took him away as if to hunt for venison, and struck through the wilderness for Virginia. Nine days and nights they travelled, with such game as they killed for their food, with the light in the sky for their guide, through gaps rarely trodden, even by wild beasts,— for the beasts of the forests pick their paths;—on the tenth day, they met a detachment of Virginians on Holston River. Major Lewis to the Honorable Col. Byrd, of Virginia, without date, but probably near the 8th of September, in Lords of Trade, 11 Nov., 1760. The country beyond the mountains was deserted; nor was Carolina safe. But Montgomery, by his expedition had only inflamed the war, Bull to Lords of Trade, July, 1760. and, having obeyed the letter of his instructions by reaching the country of the Cherokees, Col. Montgomery to Lieut. of Governor Bull, July, 1760. prepared to embark precipitately for the North. The province
Bartram (search for this): chapter 15
nd leaving their tents standing on advantageous ground, at eight in the evening they chap. XV.} 1760. moved onward through the woods to surprise Estatoe, which was twenty-five miles distant. The baying of a watch-dog alarmed the village of Little Keowee, when the English rushed upon its people and killed nearly all except women and children. Early in the morning, they arrived at Estatoe, which its inhabitants had but just abandoned, leaving their mats still warm. The vale of Keowee Bartram's Travels, 354, 331. is famed for its beauty and fertility, extending for seven or eight miles, till a high, narrow ridge of hills comes down on each side to the river. Below the ridge it opens again for ten or twelve miles more. This lovely region was the delight of the Cherokees; the sides of the adjacent hills bore their habitations, and on the rich level ground beneath stood their fields of maize, all clambered over by the prolific bean. The mountain-sides blushed with flowers in the
William Shirley (search for this): chapter 15
he usage of those days. Officers of the customs gave as their excuse for habitually permitting evasions of the laws of trade, that it was their only mode of getting rich; for they were quartered chap. XV.} 1759. upon by their English patrons for more than the amount of all their honest perquisites. See their own statement to Hutchinson, in the Hutchinson Correspondence. Townshend returned home, to advocate governing America by concentrating power in England; and like Braddock, Sharpe, Shirley, Abercrombie, Loudoun, Gage, and so many more of his profession, to look upon taxation of the colonies by the metropolis as the exercise of a necessary duty. In Georgia, Ellis, the able governor, who had great influence in the public offices, was studying how the colonies could be administered by the central authority. In South Carolina Lyttleton persuaded himself that he had restored the royal sway. Yet the fruits of his administration were distrust and discontent. The arbitrary mann
Americans (search for this): chapter 15
, but directed to return home to receive his instructions, a direction which implied a wish on the part of the Board of Trade to consult him on questions of colonial administration. See Lord Lyttelton to his brother, Gov. Lyttleton, 30 January, 1758, in Phillimore, II. 601; and same to same, 4 Dec. 1759. Ibid. 622. In April, General Amherst, whose thoughts were all intent upon Canada, detached from the central army that had conquered Ohio six hundred Highlanders and six hundred Royal Americans under Colonel Montgomery, afterwards Lord Eglinton, and Major Grant, to strike a sudden blow at the Cherokees and return. At Ninety-Six, near the end of May, they joined seven hundred Carolina rangers, among whom Moultrie, and, as some think, Marion, served as officers. On the first day of June, the little army, after a march of eighteen miles from Beaver Dams, crossed Twelve-mile River; and leaving their tents standing on advantageous ground, at eight in the evening they chap. XV.}
Lewis (search for this): chapter 15
d the assistance of the English agent in the proposed siege of Fort Prince George, the Little Carpenter took him away as if to hunt for venison, and struck through the wilderness for Virginia. Nine days and nights they travelled, with such game as they killed for their food, with the light in the sky for their guide, through gaps rarely trodden, even by wild beasts,— for the beasts of the forests pick their paths;—on the tenth day, they met a detachment of Virginians on Holston River. Major Lewis to the Honorable Col. Byrd, of Virginia, without date, but probably near the 8th of September, in Lords of Trade, 11 Nov., 1760. The country beyond the mountains was deserted; nor was Carolina safe. But Montgomery, by his expedition had only inflamed the war, Bull to Lords of Trade, July, 1760. and, having obeyed the letter of his instructions by reaching the country of the Cherokees, Col. Montgomery to Lieut. of Governor Bull, July, 1760. prepared to embark precipitately for t
Jeffrey Amherst (search for this): chapter 15
and his powerful connections in England gained him advancement; and he was not only transferred from South Carolina to the more lucrative government of Jamaica, but directed to return home to receive his instructions, a direction which implied a wish on the part of the Board of Trade to consult him on questions of colonial administration. See Lord Lyttelton to his brother, Gov. Lyttleton, 30 January, 1758, in Phillimore, II. 601; and same to same, 4 Dec. 1759. Ibid. 622. In April, General Amherst, whose thoughts were all intent upon Canada, detached from the central army that had conquered Ohio six hundred Highlanders and six hundred Royal Americans under Colonel Montgomery, afterwards Lord Eglinton, and Major Grant, to strike a sudden blow at the Cherokees and return. At Ninety-Six, near the end of May, they joined seven hundred Carolina rangers, among whom Moultrie, and, as some think, Marion, served as officers. On the first day of June, the little army, after a march of
DeInerb (search for this): chapter 15
Lyttleton to Lords of Trade, 22 October, 1759. This would only make bad worse, answered the Red Men; the Great Warrior will never consent to it; at the same time they entreated peace. Old Hop and Little Carpenter to Gov. Lyttleton, 27 June, 1759. We live at present in great harmony, wrote Demere from Fort Loudoun; and there are no bad talks. Capt. Paul Demere to Lyttleton, 10 July, 1759. Tranquillity and confidence were returning, but in obedience to orders, Instructions to Capt. DeInerb and to Lieut. Coytmore, 22 May, 1759. Lyttleton to Lords of Trade, f 16 Oct., 1759. Demere insisted on the surrender or execution of the offending chiefs of Settico and Telliquo, while Coytmore, at Fort Prince George, intercepted all ammunition and merchandise on their way to the Upper Nation. Consternation spread along the mountain sides; the hand of the young men grasped at the tomahawk; the warriors spoke much together concerning Settico and Telliquo, Capt. Paul Demere to Gov. Ly
S. O. House (search for this): chapter 15
ed by the young men of his village; and he gave assurances of peace from all the towns in his region. But the governor, by a precipitate exercise of the prerogative, had, against the wish of the province, called out the militia, and invited the governors of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia, the warriors of the Catawbas, Chickasaws, Creeks, Tuscaroras, and other friendly Indians, to join his expedition; and therefore, in spite of the opposition of four of his council, Speaker of S. O. House of Assembly, to Mr. Wright, their Agent, Charleston, 10 November 1759, he went on. I am now going with a great many of my warriors to your nation, said he finally to the deputies, in order to demand satisfaction of them. If you will not give it, when I come to your nation, I shall take it. Oconostata, and those with him, claimed for themselves the benefit of the safe conduct under which they had come down. And Lyttleton spoke, concealing his purpose under words more false than the wi
James Stuart (search for this): chapter 15
of towns were even ready, if they had been encouraged, to fight on their side; Adair, 248, 249. but the general distrust announced the approach of war. Captain Stuart to Governor Lyttleton, 26 September, 1759. Lieutenant Coytmore to Lyttleton, 26 September, 1759. Lyttleton, hurried on by zeal to display authority, and est day of July, reached Fort Prince George. The retreat of Montgomery was the knell of the famished Fort Loudoun. By the unanimous resolve of the officers, James Stuart, afterwards Indian agent for the Southern division, repaired to Chotee, and agreed on terms of capitulation, In Lords of Trade, of Nov. 11, 1760 which neithe, 21 Oct., 1760. But friendship lives in the heart of the savage. chap. XV.} 1760. Listen to the tale of a red man's fidelity. Attakullakulla, hearing that Stuart, his friend, was a prisoner, hastened to ransom him, by giving every thing he could command; and when Oconostata, in a great council at Chotee, would have compell
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