150, vol.iii., Letter of Justices, July 9th.] In their zeal the Justices went a little too far, painting the Cherokees as a harmless people, who had always been friendly to the Americans,--a statement which General Martin, although he too condemned the outrages openly and with the utmost emphasis, felt obliged to correct, pointing out that the Cherokees had been the inveterate and bloody foes of the settlers throughout the Revolution.

[Footnote: _Do_., No.

150, vol.iii., Martin to Knox, Aug.

23, 1788.] The Governor of North Carolina, as soon as he heard the news, ordered the arrest of Sevier and his associates--doubtless as much because of their revolt against the State as because of the atrocities they had committed against the Indians.
[Footnote: _Do_., No.

72, Samuel Johnston to Sec'y of Congress, Sept.
29, 1788.] Indian Ravages.
In their panic many of the Indians fled across the mountains and threw themselves on the mercy of the North and South Carolinians, by whom they were fed and protected.