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Updated: May 8, 2025
The tenor of these dispatches was to apprise Colonel Montgomery of the blockade of Fort Loudon and ask relief, urging him to push forward at once and attack the Ottare towns, when valuable assistance could be rendered him by the ordnance of the fort, as well as by a detachment of infantry from the forces of the garrison attacking the Indians on the flank in support of the aggressions of his vanguard.
The last time the two officers together sought the presence of the kings in the Ottare district, as the mountainous region was called, the towns designated as the Ayrate settlements signified the lower country, they were received here, and Stuart, from the moment of their entrance, knew that their mission was hopeless.
The Upper towns and the Lower towns the Ottare and the Ayrate met in solemn conclave at Choté to consider the situation. Fort Loudon, hard by, maintained quiet and keen watch and strict discipline. The drums beat, the bugles sounded for the measured routine.
The participators in the affray were of the distant Ayrate settlements of the tribe, southeast of the mountains, and not individualized. The Indians of Tennessee Town, which was then one of the most remote of the Cherokee villages of the Ottare division, and this perhaps was the reason it was selected as his home, were not concerned in the foray, nor were any others of the Overhill towns.
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