Massacre at Cavett's Station : frontier Tennessee during the Cherokee wars / Charles H. Faulkner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faulkner, Charles H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cavett, Alexander, approximately 1746-1793.

Massacres--Tennessee--Knoxville Region--History--18th century.

Massacres.

Frontier and pioneer life--Tennessee--Knoxville Region.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Cavett, Alexander, approximately 1746-1793--Homes and haunts--Tennessee--Knoxville Region.

Cavett, Alexander.

Pioneers--Tennessee--Knoxville Region--History--18th century.

Pioneers.

Cherokee Indians--Wars--Tennessee--Knoxville Region.

Cherokee Indians.

Creek Indians--Wars--Tennessee--Knoxville Region.

Creek Indians.

Archaeology and history--Tennessee--Knoxville Region.

Archaeology and history.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Tennessee--Knoxville Region.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Creek Indians--Wars.

Cherokee Indians--Wars.

History.

Knoxville Region (Tenn.)--History--18th century.

Knoxville Region (Tenn.).

Knoxville Region (Tenn.)--Antiquities.

Tennessee--Knoxville Region.

Physical Description:

xiii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2013]

Summary:

In the late 1700s, as white settlers spilled across the Appalachian Mountains, claiming Cherokee and Creek lands for their own, tensions between Native Americans and pioneers reached a boiling point. Land disputes stemming from the 1791 Treaty of Holston went unresolved, and Knoxville settlers attacked a Cherokee negotiating party led by Chief Hanging Maw resulting in the wounding of the chief and his wife and the death of several Indians. In retaliation, on September 25, 1793, nearly one thousand Cherokee and Creek warriors descended undetected on Knoxville to destroy this frontier town. However, feeling they had been discovered, the Indians focused their rage on Cavett's Station, a fortified farmstead of Alexander Cavett and his family located in what is now west Knox County. Violating a truce, the war party murdered thirteen men, women, and children, ensuring the story's status in Tennessee lore. In Massacre at Cavett's Station, noted archaeologist and Tennessee historian Charles Faulkner reveals the true story of the massacre and its aftermath, separating historical fact from pervasive legend. Faulkner combines careful historical research with meticulous archaeological excavations conducted in developed areas of the west Knoxville suburbs to illuminate what happened on that fateful day in 1793. As a result, he answers significant questions about the massacre and seeks to discover the genealogy of the Cavetts and if any family members survived the attack. This book is an important contribution to the study of frontier history and a long-overdue analysis of one of East Tennessee's well-known legends. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Omen

The Advancing Banner of a Greedy Host

The Cavetts

The Lost Station

Digging into the Past

A Little Spot of Ground to Stand Upon

To Become Herdsmen and Cultivators

The Prophesy

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781572339637

1572339632

OCLC:

827198389