One murder was of peculiar treachery and atrocity.

A man named John Kirk [Footnote: State Dept.MSS., No.

150, vol.ii., p.435.Proclamation of Thos.

Hutchings, June 3, 1788.] lived on a clearing on Little River, seven miles south of Knoxville.

One day when he was away from home, an Indian named Slim Tom, well-known to the family, and believed to be friendly, came to the cabin and asked for food.