Transylvania Purchase Traditional Cache
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This monument was erected by the John Sevier and Bonnie Kate Sycamore Shoals Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1909. It honors several important events that occured at Sycamore Shoals and along the shores of the Watauga River. Negotiation between early settlers and Cherokee indians for the purchase of Transylvania, the largest real estate transaction in United States history, took place at Sycamore Shoals in 1775. The Transylvania Company, led by Richard Henderson of North Carolina, purchased over 20 million acres of land from the Cherokee Indians, all the lands of the Cumberland River watershed and extending to the Kentucky River. The price was 2,000 pounds sterling, along with 8,000 pounds of goods. Twelve hundred Indians spent weeks at Sycamore Shoals in counsel before signing the deed over the objections of Chief Dragging Canoe. The construction of Fort Watauga in 1770. It was the first settlers outpost west of the Allegheny Mountains. Fort Watauga became a refuge for the settlers in the summer of 1776. Dragging Canoe returned home after the Sycamore Shoals Treaty (or Transylvania Purchase) determined to drive the white settlers from Cherokee lands. He was aided by English agents whose plans called for the Indians to attack the settlers from the rear while the English attacked them from the sea. A band of warriors under Old Abram of Chilhowee struck against Fort Watauga, where most of the settlers had already fled. Lt. Col. John Carter, Capt. James Robertson (founder of Nashville in 1779), Lt. John Sevier (Tennessee's first governor in 1796), and other officers commanded the fort. The Indians laid siege to Fort Watauga for approximately two weeks, but when the pioneers failed to surrender, the Indians departed. On September 25, 1780, the Overmountain Men, 1,100 strong, assembled at Sycamore Shoals in preparation for their march over the mountain in search of the Tory militia under the command of British Maj. Patrick Ferguson. Eleven days later, the Overmountain Men, under the command of Col. John Sevier and Col. Isaac Shelby, met and defeated Ferguson's army at the Battle of King's Mountain. The victory was a critical link in the chain of events that led to the eventual surrender of the British forces and an end to the Revolutionary War. The cache container is a small tin canister. Big enough for small items or trackables. Bring your own pen/pencil. Container is held in place by friction. Please replace with care so that it is not easily dislodged.
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