Loudon
had been completed it was very evident that they had repented of
their promise, as their great council at Echota ordered the work
stopped and the garrison on the wax to turn hack, plainly telling the
officer in charge that they did not want so many white people among
them. Ata-kullakulla, hitherto supposed to he one of the stanchest
friendsof the English, was now one of the most determined in the oppo-
sition. It was in evidence also that they were in constant communi-
cation with the French. By much tact and argument their objec-
tions were at last overcome for a time, and they very unwillingly set
about raising the promised force of warriors. Major Andrew Lewi-,
who superintended the building of the fort, became convinced that
the Cherokee were really friendly to the French, and that alltheir
professions of friendship and assistance were ■•only to put a gloss on
their knavery." The fort was finally completed, and. on his suggestion,
wag garrisoned with a strong force of two hundred men under Captain
Demere\ 5 'There was strong ground for believing that some depreda-
tions committed about this time on the heads of Catawba and Broad
rivers, in North ( 'arolina. were the joint work id' ( 'herokee and northern
Indians." Notwithstanding all this, a considerable body of Cherokee
joined the British forces on the Virginia frontier.
Fort I >u Quesne was taken by the American provincials under Wash-
ington, November 25, 17-Vs. Quebec was taken September L3, 1759,
and by the final treaty of peace in I 7b:! the war ended with the transfer
of Canada and the Ohio valley to the crown of England. Louisiana
had