a supply of ammunition said to have been
furnished by the Spaniards. 1
Soon after the return of the expedition Robertson sent a message to
John Watts, the principal leader of the hostile Cherokee, threatening
a second visitation if the Indians did not very soon surrender their
prisoners and give assurances of peace. 2 The destruction of their
towns on Tennessee and Coosa and the utter defeat of the northern
confederates had now broken the courage of the Cherokee, and on their
own request Governor Blount held a conference with them at Tellico
blockhouse, November 7 and 8, 1794, at which Hanging-maw, head
chief of the Nation, and Colonel John Watt, principal chief of the hos-
tile towns, with about four hundred of their warriors, attended. The
result was satisfactory; all differences were arranged on a friendly
basis and the longCherokee war came to an end. 3
Owing to the continued devastation of their towns during the Rev-
olutionary struggle, a number of Cherokee, principally of the Chicka-
mauga band, had removed across the Ohio about 1782 and settled on
Paint creek, a branch of the Scioto river, in the vicinity of their
friends and allies, the Shawano. In 17*7 they were reported to num-
ber about seventy warriors. They took an active part in the hostili-
ties along the Ohio frontier and were present in the great battle at the
Maumee rapids, by which the power of the confederated northern tribes
was effectually broken. As they had failed to attend the treaty con-
ference held at Greenville in August, 1795, General Wayne sent them
a special message, through their chief Long-hair, that if they refused
to come in and