![]() They leave early in the morning and head for the gap. His troops camped overnight in a village he calls Canucca six miles east, at modern Parker Meadows Park. He probably intended to use Wayah Gap, but missed the turn, so Williamson likely thinks he is following Rutherford. ![]() Rutherford headed southwest to attack more villages. They missed each other at Nĭkwăsĭ´ (modern Franklin). Andrew Williamson, with 1,696 soldiers including some Catawbas, tried to join up with a North Carolina force under Brig. ![]() Hundreds gathered at a narrow valley that was part of the main route deeper into the mountains over Wayah Gap. Knowing they could not defend the villages one at a time, warriors evacuated their families, and many joined in a plan to ambush the militia. ![]() Cherokees retaliated for continuing incursions on their lands with a series of attacks over the Summer of 1776, so commanders from the Carolinas and Virginia launched coordinated campaigns to destroy their towns. ![]()
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