[124] Roosevelt, op. cit., p. 256. [↑]
[125] Roosevelt, Winning of the West, II, pp. 298–300, 1889; Ramsey, Tennessee, pp. 261–264, 1853. There is great discrepancy in the various accounts of this fight, from the attempts of interested historians to magnify the size of the victory. One writer gives the Indians 1,000 warriors. Here, as elsewhere, Roosevelt is a more reliable guide, his statements being usually from official documents. [↑]
[126] Roosevelt, op. cit., pp. 300–304; Ramsey, op. cit., pp. 265–268; Campbell, report, January 15, 1781, in Virginia State Papers, I, p. 436. Haywood and others after him make the expedition go as far as Chickamauga and Coosa river, but Campbell’s report expressly denies this. [↑]
[127] Ramsey, op. cit., p. 266. [↑]
[128] Roosevelt, op. cit, p. 302. [↑]
[129] Campbell, letter, March 28, 1781, in Virginia State Papers, I, p. 602, 1875; Martin, letter, March 31, 1781, ibid., p. 613; Ramsey, Tennessee, p. 268, 1853; Roosevelt, Winning of the West, II, pp. 305–307, 1889. [↑]
[130] Campbell, letter, March 28, 1781, in Virginia State Papers, I, p. 602, 1875. [↑]
[131] Ramsey, op. cit., p. 269. [↑]
[132] Ibid.; Roosevelt, op. cit., p. 307. [↑]
[133] Ibid.; Ramsey, op. cit., pp. 267, 268. The latter authority seems to make it 1782, which is evidently a mistake. [↑]