But a dreadful retribution fell on the Indians; for they were infected with the disease of their victims, and for some months virulent small-pox raged among many of the bands of Creeks and Cherokees.

When stricken by the disease, the savages first went into the sweat-houses, and when heated to madness, plunged into the cool streams, and so perished in multitudes.
When the boats entered the Narrows they had lost sight of the Indians on shore, and thought they had left them behind.

A man, who was in a canoe, had gone aboard one of the larger boats with his family, for the sake of safety while passing through the rough water.

His canoe was towed alongside, and in the rapids it was overturned, and the cargo lost.

The rest of the company, pitying his distress over the loss of all his worldly goods, landed, to see if they could not help him recover some of his property.