This happened on March 7th, just before coming to the uppermost Chickamauga town; and that night, the wife of one Ephraim Peyton, who had himself gone with Robertson, overland, was delivered of a child.

She was in a boat whose owner was named Jonathan Jennings.
The next morning they soon came to an Indian village on the south shore.
The Indians made signs of friendliness, and two men started toward them in a canoe which the _Adventure_ had in tow, while the flotilla drew up on the opposite side of the river.

But a half-breed and some Indians jumping into a pirogue paddled out to meet the two messengers and advised them to return to their comrades, which they did.

Several canoes then came off from the shore to the flotilla.

The Indians who were in them seemed friendly and were pleased with the presents they received; but while these were being distributed the whites saw a number of other canoes putting off, loaded with armed warriors, painted black and red.
The half-breed instantly told the Indians round about to paddle to the shore, and warned the whites to push off at once, at the same time giving them some instructions about the river.