Meanwhile one of the men with whom he had quarrelled informed Tipton that his foe was in his grasp.

Tipton gathered eight or ten men and early next morning surprised Sevier in his lodgings.
Sevier Escape.
Sevier could do nothing but surrender, and Tipton put him in irons and sent him across the mountains to Morgantown, in North Carolina, where he was kindly treated and allowed much liberty.

Most of the inhabitants sympathized with him, having no special repugnance to disorder, and no special sympathy even for friendly Indians.

Meanwhile a dozen of his friends, with his two sons at their head, crossed the mountains to rescue their beloved leader.

They came into Morgantown while court was sitting and went unnoticed in the crowds.