grievances and almost ready to join
witli the Creeks in an alliance with the French. Proceeding to the
ancient town of Nequassee (Nikwasi', at the present Franklin, North
Carolina), lie so impressed the chiefs by his bold bearing that they
conceded without question all his demands, submitting themselves
and their people for the second time to the English dominion and
designating Moytoy, 3 of Tellico, to act as their "emperor" and to
represent the Nation in all transactions with the whites. Seven chiefs
were selected to visit England, where, in the palace at Whitehall,
they solemnly renewed the treaty, acknowledging the sovereignty of
England and binding themselves to have no trade or alliance with any
other nation, not to allow any other white people to settle among
thein. and to deliver up any fugitive slaves who might seek refuge
with them.North
Carolina, but when it was found that this was liable t<> bring down the
wrath of the Iroquois upon the Carolina settlements, more peaceable
methods were used instead. '
In L738 or 17:;'.' the smallpox, brought to Carolina by slave ships,
broke out among the ( Iherokee with such terrible effect that, according
to Adair, nearly half the tribe was swept away within a year. The
awful mortality was due largely to the fact that as it was a new and
strange disease to the Indian- they had no proper remedies against it.
and therefore resorted to the universal Indian panacea for "strong"
sickness of almost any kind. viz. cold plunge baths in the running
stream, the worst treatment that could possibly !»• devised. A> the
pestilence spread unchecked from town to town, despair fell upon the
nation. The priests,