12, and Nov.

23, 1793.] Destruction of Nickajack and Running Water.
To chastise the Upper Cherokee Towns gave relief to the settlements on the Holston, but the chief sinners were the Chickamaugas of the Lower Cherokee towns, and the chief sufferers were the Cumberland settlers.
The Cumberland people were irritated beyond endurance, alike by the ravages of these Indians and by the conduct of the United States in forbidding them to retaliate.

In September, 1794, they acted for themselves.

Early in the month Robertson received certain information that a large body of Creeks and Lower Cherokees had gathered at the towns and were preparing to invade the Cumberland settlements.

The best way to meet them was by a stroke in advance, and he determined to send an expedition against them in their strongholds.