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===Timberlake Expedition=== {{Main|Timberlake Expedition}} [[File:Thomas Sumter (commemorative plaque at the South Carolina statehouse).jpg|upright=.8|thumb|left|Plaque at the South Carolina statehouse]] At the end of the [[Anglo-Cherokee War]], in 1761, Sumter was invited to join what was to become known as the "Timberlake Expedition", organized by Colonel [[Adam Stephen]] and led by [[Henry Timberlake]], who had volunteered for the assignment.<ref name=Timberlake1948>{{cite book | last=Timberlake |first=Henry |title=Memoirs, 1756β1765 |editor-last=Williams |editor-first=Samuel |location=Marietta, Georgia |publisher=Continental Book Co. |year=1948 }}</ref>{{rp|38β39}} The purpose of the expedition was to visit the [[Overhill Cherokee]] towns and renew alliances with the [[Cherokee]] following the war.<ref name=Bass>{{cite book | first=Robert |last=Bass |title=Gamecock: The Life and Campaigns of General Thomas Sumter | url= https://archive.org/details/gamecocklifecamp00bass |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Holt, Rinehart, and Winston |year=1961 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gamecocklifecamp00bass/page/9 9] }}</ref> The small expeditionary party consisted of Sumter (who was partially financing the venture with borrowed money), Timberlake, an interpreter named John McCormack, and a servant.<ref name=Timberlake1948/>{{rp|38}} According to Timberlake's journal, at one point early in the nearly year and a half long journey, Sumter swam nearly a half-mile in the icy waters to retrieve their canoe, which had drifted away while they were exploring a cave.<ref name=Timberlake1948/>{{rp|41β48}} The party arrived in the Overhill town of [[Tomotley]] on December 20, where they were greeted by the town's head man, [[Ostenaco]] (or "Mankiller")<ref name=Timberlake1948/>{{rp|57β58}} and soon found themselves participants in a [[Ceremonial pipe|peace pipe]] ceremony. In the following weeks, Sumter and the group attended peace ceremonies in several Overhill towns, such as [[Chota (Cherokee town)|Chota]], [[Citico (Cherokee town)|Citico]], and [[Chilhowee (Cherokee town)|Chilhowee]].<ref name=Timberlake1948/>{{rp|63β65}} The party returned to [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], accompanied by several [[tribal chief|Beloved Men]] of the Cherokee, arriving on the James River in early April 1762.<ref name=Timberlake1948/>{{rp|118β129}} While in Williamsburg, Ostenaco professed a desire to meet the king of England,<ref name=Timberlake1948/>{{rp|130β133}} and in May 1762, Sumter traveled to England with Timberlake and three distinguished Cherokee leaders, including Ostenaco. Arriving in [[London]] in early June, the Indians were an immediate attraction, drawing crowds all over the city.<ref name=StJames>''St James Chronicle'', July 3, 1762.</ref><ref name=Timberlake1948/>{{rp|130β136}} The three Cherokee then accompanied Sumter back to America, landing in South Carolina on or about August 25, 1762.<ref name=Timberlake1948/>{{rp|143β147}}
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