We hope that between you both, you will take pity on your younger brother, and send Col.

Sevier, who is a good man, to have all your people moved off our land.

I should say a great deal more, but our friend, Colonel Martin, knows all our grievances, and he can inform you.

A string." [Footnote: Ramsey, 271.

The "strings" of wampum were used to mark periods and to indicate, and act as reminders of, special points in the speech.] The speech is interesting because it shows that the Indians both liked and respected Sevier, their most redoubtable foe; and because it acknowledges that in the previous war the Cherokees themselves had been the wrongdoers.