They put out a white flag; and the whites then hoisted one themselves.

On the strength of this one of the Indians crossed the river, and on demand of the whites ferried them over.

[Footnote: State Dept.MSS., No.

150, vol.iii.Hutchings to Maxwell, June 20, 1788.
Hutchings to Martin, July 11, 1788.] Sevier put the Indians in a hut, and then a horrible deed of infamy was perpetrated.

Among Sevier's troops was young John Kirk, whose mother, sisters, and brothers had been so foully butchered by the Cherokee Slim Tom and his associates.