Campaign Of Extermination

"In 1792 Chief John Watts (also known as “Young Tassel”) undertook a campaign of extermination against the Cumberland settlements."

"His plan was to cut off all lines of communication by posting bands of warriors on the two paths leading to the Cumberland, while he, with the main body of 281 warriors, undertook to destroy the fort at Nashville, along with all outlying stations, dwellings, and other improvements."

Fort Southwest Point (near present-day Kingston, Tennessee)

"On hearing of Watt’s plans, Governor Blount ordered Capt. Samuel Handley to take a company of 42 men from Southwest Point to Nashville, and reinforce the garrison there."

We followed the *Avery Trace....(Source)

*"it led from Fort Southwest Point at Kingston through the Cumberland Mountains...from there it worked through the hills and valleys...and finally to Fort Nashborough." (Wikipedia)

"They left Southwest Point over the Cherokee Path, and, upon entering Crab Orchard Gap, were ambushed... ." (From The Upper Cumberland Of Pioneer Times)