114 THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. [1763. 



produced more effect upon the enemy than greater 

 reverses would have done, if encountered at the 

 hands of the English alone. ^ 



The calamities which overwhelmed the borders 

 of the middle provinces were not unfelt at the 

 south. It was happy for the people of the Caro- 

 linas that the Cherokees, who had broken out 

 against them three years before, had at that time 

 received a chastisement which they could never 

 forget, and from which they had not yet begun to 

 recover. They were thus compelled to remain 

 comparatively quiet ; while the ancient feud be- 

 tween them and the northern tribes would, under 

 any circumstances, have prevented their uniting 

 with the latter. The contagion of the war reached 

 them, however, and they perpetrated numerous 

 murders ; while the neighboring nation of the 

 Creeks rose in open hostility, and committed 

 formidable ravages. Towards the north, the In- 

 dian tribes were compelled, by their position, to 

 remain tranquil, yet they showed many signs of 

 uneasiness ; and those of Nova Scotia caused great 

 alarm, by mustering in large bodies in the neigh- 

 borhood of Halifax. The excitement among them 

 was temporary, and they dispersed without attempt- 

 ing mischief. 



1 MS. Johnson Papers. 



