The Siege of Fort Loudoun was an engagement during the Anglo-Cherokee War fought from February 1760 to August 1760 between the warriors
of the Cherokee
led by Ostenaco and the garrison of Fort Loudoun (in what is now Tennessee) composed of British and colonial soldiers commanded by Captain Paul Demeré.
Why did the Cherokee surround fort Loudon?
The Cherokee of Chota were unwilling to attack Fort Loudoun frontally as they waited for possible assistance from French and Creek allies. They then decided surround the fort,
cut off its supply lines
, and prepared to lay siege in March 1760.
What Native American tribe traded at Fort Loudoun?
To counter this threat, the Colony sent the Independent Company of South Carolina to construct and garrison what became Fort Loudoun. This move helped to ally
the Overhill Cherokee Nation
in the fight against the French and guaranteed the trade would continue between the Cherokee and South Carolina.
What did the Cherokee do at Fort Loudoun?
Outraged by the killings at Fort Prince George, the Cherokee, led by Standing Turkey and Willenawah, launched an
attack
against Fort Loudoun on March 20, 1760.
Who took over Fort Loudoun in 1760?
In the course of the fort’s four-year existence, relations between South Carolina and
the Cherokee Nation
broke down. In August, 1760, the Cherokee captured Fort Loudoun and its garrison.
Why were the French on the same side as the American Indians?
This close alliance, which was based on mutual
respect
and good treatment from both sides, led the Natives to side with the French in their conflicts with the English settlers that came later in the 1600s and into the mid-1700s. Relations between the Natives and the English were not nearly as good.
Who won the French and Indian war?
However, after 1757 the war began to turn in favor of Great Britain.
British forces
defeated French forces in India, and in 1759 British armies invaded and conquered Canada.
What caused the relationship to break down between the colonists and the Cherokee in 1758 and 1759?
Tensions along the western frontier
produced isolated incidents of violence between the Cherokees and European settlers. The conflict that led to war began in Virginia in late 1758, when settlers attacked and killed several Cherokee warriors returning from battles against the French.
What purchase started the war between settlers living in northeast Tennessee and the Cherokee warriors?
Fort Watauga was located.
The Transylvania Purchase
set into motion the settling of Middle Tennessee. It also started a war between settlers living in what is now northeast Tennessee and Cherokee warriors. The fort at Sycamore Shoals is a replica of Fort Watauga, which existed about a mile from here.
What event at Fort Prince George ignited the hostilities between the British and the Cherokee?
What event at Fort Prince George ignited the hostilities between the British and the Cherokee?
The arrest of 20 Cherokee chiefs.
Why did the British abandon Fort Loudoun?
As heat and hunger overwhelmed the fort’s inhabitants in early
August, a number of soldiers abandoned their comrades, leaving the officers little choice but to surrender. On August 9, 1760, 180 men, with 60 women and children, left Fort Loudoun to begin a long overland march to South Carolina settlements.
What famous military leader started the French and Indian War?
George Washington
was a raw and ambitious 21-year old when he was first sent to the Ohio Valley to confront the growing French presence in the region. His actions sparked the French and Indian War.
How did the British win the war?
The British had won
the French and Indian War
. They took control of the lands that had been claimed by France (see below). France lost its mainland possessions to North America. Britain now claimed all the land from the east coast of North America to the Mississippi River.
Where was Fort Prince George?
Fort Prince George was a British frontier fort
situated on the Keowee River in what is now Pickens County, South Carolina
. It was located in the flood plain of the river which, in later years, after the fort’s demise, became prime bottom land for growing corn.
