By Dr. Thomas Cloer, Jr.
Special to The Courier

Last week, we took a glimpse at the Keowee Valley in the early 1700s through the journal of Col. George Chicken. He was sent by British authorities to make sure the Cherokees of Keowee gave their allegiance to England. The French were trying to sway the Cherokees toward them. Both King Crow of the Cherokees and Col. Chicken spoke hyperbolically about the “beloved men of the English.” Col. Chicken wrote to his boss, Royal Governor Arthur Middleton, that the Cherokees were as glad to see him “as if I had come from above.” As with most foreign affairs, things can change.

In 1758, tensions grew between the Cherokees and Britain. The Cherokees took horses in Virginia that they allegedly

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