Coordinates | 55°45′06″N37°37′04″N |
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Conflict | Battle of Hightower |
Partof | Chickamauga Wars |dateOctober 17, 1793 |
Place | Etowah Town, across the river from the Etowah Indian Mounds and near Cartersville, Georgia |
Result | Cherokee defeated |
Combatant1 | Cherokee |
Combatant2 | Tennessee Militia |
Commander1 | Kingfisher |
Commander2 | General John SevierColonel John BlairColonel ChristianColonel KellyCaptain Evans |
Strength1 | Several hundred Cherokee |
Strength2 | 800 mounted Tennessee volunteers |
Casualties1 | At least 3 killed and many wounded |
Casualties2 | 3 killed, 3 wounded }} |
The Battle of Hightower (also called Battle of Etowah) in 1793 was part of the Chickamauga wars, in which the Cherokee sought to defend their territory from illegal immigration by white settlers. This particular battle took place at the Cherokee village of Etowah Town (''Itawayi''), near the site of the Etowah Indian Mounds in the modern Bartow County, Georgia, resulting in the defeat of the Cherokee by a force led by John Sevier, future Governor of Tennessee.
New settlers continued to move into the Cherokee area, however, and attacks by the Cherokee to drive them out and counter-attacks by the settlers became widespread and vicious. Technically, the United States violated the 1785 Treaty of Hopewell by failing to enforce Article 7, which required the United States to enforce justice on U.S. citizens who murdered Cherokee, and the Cherokee violated the treaty by failing to adhere to Article 9 by trading directly with Spain. Arguments could be made that both sides violated Article 8 regarding retaliation.
In retaliation, arguably justified under the "manifest violation" clause of Article 8, John Watts led a war party of over 1,000 Chickamauga Cherokee and Muscogee Creek in a series of attacks against unauthorized settlements on Cherokee land in preparation to attack Knoxville, Tennessee. Near Knoxville Road on the French Broad River, the Cherokee attacked the Cavett's Station settlement with several killed on both sides. The surviving settlers surrendered when Watts offered clemency, but a faction of Cherokee under Doublehead opposed the clemency and starting killing the prisoners, including children. James Vann was on Watts' side trying to protect the prisoners from Doublehead's men.
Word of the massacre spread quickly and John Sevier raised a force to combat the Cherokee. The Cherokee force split up with some heading toward Kentucky and some toward North Carolina, but most headed toward Georgia. Sevier's men caught the Cherokee at the village of what he called Hightower (Etowah, or ''Itawayi''), which is near the present-day site of Cartersville, Georgia. The Cherokee created a defensive position on Myrtle Hill and used a guard to try to prevent Sevier from fording the rivers.
Sevier left a written account of the battle, in which he described an attempt to cross the Etowah River about a mile south of Myrtle Hill, drawing the Cherokee defenders out of their prepared positions, then galloping back to Myrtle Hill to cross there. The Cherokee rushed back to contest the crossing of the Etowah, but failed. When Kingfisher was killed, the remaining warriors fled, and Sevier burned the village.
Myrtle Hill is now a cemetery, and there is a stone on the hill memorializing this battle.
Category:History of the Cherokee Category:Indigenous peoples in the United States Category:Rome, Georgia
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Coordinates | 55°45′06″N37°37′04″N |
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Name | Thrones |
Background | group_or_band |
Origin | Seattle, Washington |
Genre | Doom metalAvant-garde musicNoise rockExperimental rock |
Years active | 1994–present |
Label | Kill Rock StarsSouthern LordPunk In My Vitamins? |
Associated acts | The MelvinsEarthMen's Recovery ProjectHigh on FireSunn O)))The NeedC AverageHarvey Milk |
Website | Kill Rock Stars band page |
Current members | Joe Preston |
Past members | }} |
After an extended hiatus beginning in 2001, Thrones began regularly performing live again in May 2006, although there were sporadic live appearances during this period supporting bands such as Sunn O))). Preston has also performed as part of Sunn O))) using Moog synthesizers and has previously been a member of Earth, The Melvins and High on Fire.
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