People of every rank showed keen desire to encroach on the Indian lands.
[Footnote: Calendar of Va.

State Papers, II., letter of Col.

Wm.
Christian to Governor of Virginia, April 10, 1781.] The success of this expedition gave much relief to the border, and was hailed with pleasure throughout Virginia [Footnote: State Department MSS., No.

15, Feb.

25, 1781.] and North Carolina.