In 1782, for the second time, Cherokee towns were attacked by United States forces. The devastation caused by Colonel John Sevier's troop forced the band to move further down the Tennessee River. Dragging Canoe established the "Five Lower Towns" below the natural obstructions of the Tennessee River Gorge. These were: Running Water Town (now Whiteside), Nickajack Town (near the cave of the same name), Long Island (on the Tennessee River), Crow Town (at the mouth of Crow Creek), and Lookout Mountain Town (at the current site of Trenton, Georgia). Following this move, this band was alternately referred to as the "Lower Cherokee."