12, 1787.] Shelby could neither be placated nor intimidated.

He regarded with equal alarm and anger the loosening of the bands of authority and order among the Franklin frontiersmen.

He bitterly disapproved of their lawless encroachments on the Indian lands, which he feared would cause a general war with the savages.

[Footnote: State Dept.MSS., No.71.Evan Shelby to General Russell, April 27, 1787.

Beverly Randolph to Virginia Delegates, June 2, 1787.] At the very time that Sevier was writing to him, he was himself writing to the North Carolina Government, urging them to send forward troops who would put down the rebellion by force, and was requesting the Virginians to back up any such movement with their militia.