To the honor of the troops under Sevier and Shelby be it said that they took little part in these misdeeds.

There were doubtless some men among them who shared in all the evil of that turbulent time; but most of these frontier riflemen, though poor and ignorant, were sincerely patriotic; they marched to fight the oppressor, to drive out the stranger, not to ill-treat their own friends and countrymen.
Towards the end of these campaigns, which marked the close of the Revolutionary struggle, Shelby was sent to the North Carolina Legislature, where he served for a couple of terms.

Then, when peace was formally declared, he removed to Kentucky, where he lived ever afterwards.

Sevier stayed in his home on the Nolichucky, to be thenceforth, while his life lasted, the leader in peace and war of his beloved mountaineers.
Quarrels over the Land Early in 1782 fresh difficulties arose with the Indians.

In the war just ended the Cherokees themselves had been chiefly to blame.