USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On August 9, 1760, 180 men, with 60 women and children, left Fort Loudoun to begin a long overland march to South Carolina settlements. A day later, near Tellico Plains, approximately 700 Cherokees attacked the retreating soldiers and their families, killing three officers, 23 soldiers, and three women.

Detailed explanation-2: -In February 1760, they attacked Fort Prince George in an attempt to rescue their hostages. The fort’s commander was killed. His replacement massacred all of the hostages and fended off the attack. The Cherokee also attacked Fort Ninety Six, but it withstood the siege.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aftermath. The failure to relieve Fort Loudoun forced the garrison to surrender with Captain Demeré and the garrison allowed to retain their arms and enough ammunition to make the trip back to the colony provided they left the remaining arms and stores of ammunition to the Cherokee led by Ostenaco.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Cherokees retaliated in North Carolina in spring 1759, and the conflict spread southward. (1759–1761). The Cherokee War was partly a local, southeastern phase of the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and partly the result of the Cherokees’ long-held resentments against abuses by English colonists.