He now established himself upon a considerable stream, unknown to geography, called Cue Creek.
David Crockett was now about eight years old.

During these years emigration had been rapidly flowing from the Atlantic States into this vast and beautiful valley south of the Ohio.

With the increasing emigration came an increasing demand for the comforts of civilization.
Framed houses began to rise here and there, and lumber, in its various forms, was needed.
John Crockett, with another man by the name of Thomas Galbraith, undertook to build a mill upon Cove Creek.

They had nearly completed it, having expended all their slender means in its construction, when there came a terrible freshet, and all their works were swept away.

The flood even inundated Crockett's cabin, and the family was compelled to fly to a neighboring eminence for safety.
Disheartened by this calamity, John Crockett made another move.
Knoxville, on the Holston River, had by this time become quite a thriving little settlement of log huts.