In October, 1794, the Grand Jury of Hamilton County entreated and adjured the people, in spite of the Indian outrages to stand firmly by the law, and not to try to be their own avengers; and when some whites settled in Powell's Valley, on Cherokee lands, Governor Blount promptly turned them off.

[Footnote: _Knoxville Gazette_, Dec.

31, 1791; Nov.

17, 1792; Jan.

25, 1793; Feb.
9, Mar.