Several Cherokee warriors returning from the Ohio, whither they had gone to fight for the British, were slain by frontiersmen.

The tribe, in accordance with existing agreements, applied to Virginia for redress--but received none.
There was thus plenty of powder for an explosion.

Governor Lyttleton, Glen's successor, at last flung the torch into the magazine.

He seized, as hostages, a number of friendly chiefs who were coming to Charleston to offer tokens of good will and forced them to march under guard on a military tour which the Governor was making (1759) with intent to overawe the savages.

When this expedition reached Prince George, on the upper waters of the Savannah, the Indian hostages were confined within the fort; and the Governor, satisfied with the result of his maneuver departed south for Charleston.