The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

OCTOBER 9, 1759437Saludee and Broad Rivers, and their Rendezvous is at the Mouth or entranceof Reedy River in Saludee. Before they were rais’d the Cherokees kill’d twoMen on Pacolet River; and also while Captain Fairchild was completing hisCompany they scalp’d a Woman and a Boy in those Parts which created avery great alarm among the Settlers there; many of whom left their Houses,and others were preparing to follow their Example; but on the 28th of AugustCaptain Fairchild march’d from Ninety Six with his Company to theirAssistance and I believe his presence and remonstrances were of much useto prevent a total Desertion of those Settlements.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Order’d (upon the Question) That an Address be prepared to be presentedto The Governor humbly to desire his Excellency will please to orderthe Rangers to patrol as far as Fort Prince George (if practicable) to gainintelligence of the present State of the said Garrison and of the Dispositionof the Cherokee Indians.And accordingly the following One was drawn.May it please your Excellency,As we conceive the Rangers or part of them, may, for the present bespared from patroling in the Back Settlements, and be employ’d to betterpurpose in gaining Intelligence of the present State of Affairs in the CherokeeCountry; we humbly desire that your Excellency will please to order sucha Number of them as you shall judge necessary to patrol (if practicable) asfar as Fort Prince George and make inquiry concerning the situation of theGarrison at that Fort, and of the present disposition of those Indians.Order’d That the Committee to whom His Excellency’s Messages arereferr’d do now sit.And then the House adjourn’d till to-morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Tuesday the 9th Day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom His Excellency’sMessages and the several other Papers relating to the Cherokee Indians werereferr’d, that the Committee had consider’d the matter of the said Messagesand other Papers and had come to several Resolutions thereupon which theyhad directed him to report to the House, and he read the Report in his Placeand afterward deliver’d it in at the Clerks Table: Where the same was readand is as follows, vizt.