“The British left the State and the Regiment commanded by Sumter was ordered over to town and sent against the Cherokee Indians who had [come] out and was [were] driving the inhabitants of the back settlements before them. We were ordered to join General Williamson [Andrew Williamson] at Fort Rutledge on Seneca River in the Cherokee Country. From thence we marched through the said country till we passed the Middle Settlements where we camped for the night and the next day we had a sharp action with the enemy which lasted about an hour. In this action we lost twelve white men and one Catawba Indian. We took the ground from them. After burying our dead, we proceeded on to the Valley Towns which we burnt and destroyed their crops of corn. We then marched back by another route to Seneca where the militia was discharged and Sumter marched his Regiment to the Santee River where we encamped and each mess built log houses for themselves.”