This self-serving hospitality was to earn theCherokee nothing but grief. The Iroquois never forgot an enemy, and the Shawneepresence brought them south in raids against both the Shawnee and the Cherokee.Meanwhile, the Shawnee were becoming dangerous. In 1692 a Shawnee raid to captureslaves for trade with the English destroyed a major Cherokee village while its warriorswere absent on a winter hunt. While both tribes still had common enemies (Iroquois, , andChickasaw), this treachery destroyed any trust or friendship that had existed between theCherokee and Shawnee. The following year a Cherokee delegation visited Charlestowndemanding more firearms to fight their enemies. The situation had become so dangerousby 1705 that North Carolina was urging South Carolina to curtail the trade in NativeAmerican slaves or face a massive uprising. Actually, warfare between allies and trading partners did not serve British interests, sothey encouraged the peace that was finally arranged between the Cherokee and Iroquois in1706. This respite allowed Cherokee warriors in 1708 to join the and Alibamu in anattack against the Mobile in southern Mississippi who were serving as middlemen for thenew French trading posts in the region. 300 Cherokee warriors also served with the SouthCarolina army of Colonel James Moore against the Tuscarora in 1713, although some ofthe Lower Cherokee joined the Yamasee during the general uprising against the Carolinasin 1715. Peaceful relations resumed afterwards, and the Cherokee received a largequantity of guns and ammunition in exchange for their allegiance. However, the peacewith the Iroquois collapsed when the League attempted to dominate the Cherokee throughthe Covenant Chain(See Iroquois). When the Cherokee refused to comply with Iroquoisdemands, the raiding resumed. Never forgetting the treachery of the Shawnee treachery in 1692, the Cherokee decided torid themselves of their now-unwelcome guests. To do this, they alli...
