The French Broad River is very low due to extreme drought. There are nice 3-acre fields adjacent to the river, perfect place for the Cherokee to have a village, grow corn, spear big catfish and shoot deer which came down for a drink of water.
The Beagle and I spent an hour yesterday, inspecting the sand bars which extend from the bank to the middle of the river. I didn't see a single Indian artifact. Not one arrowhead, not a single piece of broken pottery. WTF?
