Sevier had survived his old friend, co-founder with him of Watauga, by one year.
"We have done what we could, Captain Ireton, and not altogether what we would," said Sevier in the summing-up.
There was no topic suited to so fleeting a moment, and when they had smiled all round again Dr. Sevier lifted his hat.
The charges against Sevier, though pressed with all the force that his enemies could bring to bear, came to nothing.
We followed the valley down and stopped for lunch at the mouth of the Sevier River Canyon.
