 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1780, pakakwirira peRevolution yeAmerica, mukuru mukuru weBritain Charles Cornwallis akazarura kupinda kwake mumakoloni okumaodzanyemba nokutorwa kweCharleston, South Carolina uye rukundo pamauto eAmerica paCamden. Sezvo South Carolina yaiita seyakachengeteka, Cornwallis akafamba achienda kuchamhembe akananga kuCharlotte, North Carolina. Mukati mokufora uku, Cornwallis akatuma boka ravaLoyalist raitungamirirwa naMajor Patrick Ferguson kunopinda muWestern Carolina. Kuti vadzivise tyisidziro yaFerguson, boka revarume vanodzika muganhu vanobva mumakomo enzvimbo yava kunzi East Tennessee, North Carolina neVirginia vakaungana paFort Watauga, iri muElizabethton yemazuva ano. Iri simba rakabatanidzwa revarwi vemuganhu vanozivikanwa seVarume veOvermountain vakayambuka Roan Highlands vachienda kune rimwe divi reBlue Ridge Mountains, kwavakarwa nekukunda mauto aFerguson muHondo yeKings Mountain. Nepo vazhinji vakadzokera kumusha pashure pacho, vamwe Overmountain Men vakapfuurira kumaodzanyemba kuti vabatane nemauto aDaniel Morgan ndokubetsera kukunda kweAmerica paCowpens muna 1781. 