66; No.
151, p.275.Also letters of Richard Winn to Knox, June 25, 1788; James White to Knox, Aug.

1, 1788; Joseph Martin to Knox, July 25, 1788.] Sufferings of the Cumberland People.
The Cumberland people felt the full weight of the warfare, the Creeks being their special enemies.

Robertson himself lost a son and a brother in the various Indian attacks.

To him fell the task of trying to put a stop to the ravages.

He was the leader of his people in every way, their commander in war and their spokesman when they sought peace; and early in 1788 he wrote a long letter on their behalf to the Creek chief McGillivray.