The Tennessee legislature authorizes Governor Willie Blount to raise five thousand militia for a three-month tour of duty.

Blount calls out a force of twenty-five hundred West Tennessee men under Colonel Andrew Jackson.

He also summons a force of twenty-five hundred from East Tennessee under Major General John Alexander Cocke.

Jackson and Cocke are not ready to move until early October.

In addition to the state actions, the U.S. Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins organizes the friendly (Lower Town) Creek under Major William McIntosh, an Indian chief, to aid the Georgia and Tennessee militias in actions against the Red Sticks.

At the request of Chief Federal Agent Return J. Meigs (called White Eagle by the Indians for the color of his hair), the Cherokee Nation votes to join the Americans in their fight against the Red Sticks.

Under the command of the chief Major Ridge, two hundred Cherokee will fight with the Tennessee Militia under Colonel Andrew Jackson.