The army, in its encampment that night, feasted very joyously upon fresh pork.

This thrifty Cherokee was also the possessor of a milch cow.

The animal was speedily slaughtered and devoured.
They soon came upon another detachment of the army, and uniting, marched to Ten Islands, on the Coosa River, where they established a fort, which they called Fort Strother, as a depot for provisions and ammunition.

They were here not far from the centre of the country inhabited by the hostile Indians.

This fort stood on the left bank of the river, in what is now St.Clair County, Alabama.