A Demand of Blood: The Cherokee War of 1776

Decades of tensions between Cherokee Indians and frontier settlers exploded in the year that marked American independence: 1776. As southern colonists prepared to fight Britain, Cherokee warriors stepped up their struggle for sovereignty. In an effort to regain control of native hunting grounds, the Cherokee war leader Dragging Canoe, a staunch British ally, waged guerilla warfare throughout the southern colonies. In retaliation, colonial powers sent 6,000 militiamen into Cherokee country to destroy towns and crops. Based on extensive historical research, A Demand of Blood uncovers for the first time the story of the Cherokees’ war for independence and reveals the struggle at the heart of all humanity: the quest for freedom.