>From the book, "On This Day", by James Crutchfield SEPTEMBER 6, 1794 "With the settlers' lives in the Cumberland Valley practically unbearable because of frequent Indian attacks, General James Robertson, disobeying the Mandate of President George Washington, orders an armed expedition to march to the lower Cherokee towns on the Tennessee River and destroy them." SEPTEMBER 13, 1794 General James Robertson and his Nashvillians attack (destroy) the Indian towns of Nickajack and Running Water, both located on the middle stretch of the Tennessee River. Peace in the Cumberland River valley is finally assured