The Life of Francis MarionH. G. Langley, 1844 - 347 стор. |
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... ment , made a progress through that portion of the Hugue- not colony which lay immediately along the Santee . The passages which describe his approach to the country which they occupied , the hospitable reception which they gave him ...
... ment , made a progress through that portion of the Hugue- not colony which lay immediately along the Santee . The passages which describe his approach to the country which they occupied , the hospitable reception which they gave him ...
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... ment for that number of Carolinians , massacred in the late foray of the savages . A treaty was effected , but with some difficulty , on these terms . Compliance with this sine qua non was not so easy , however , on the part of the ...
... ment for that number of Carolinians , massacred in the late foray of the savages . A treaty was effected , but with some difficulty , on these terms . Compliance with this sine qua non was not so easy , however , on the part of the ...
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... ment , of which William Moultrie , formerly his captain in the Cherokee campaign , was made Colonel . The du- ties of this appointment were immediately begun , with a promptness at once due to the necessities of the case , and his own ...
... ment , of which William Moultrie , formerly his captain in the Cherokee campaign , was made Colonel . The du- ties of this appointment were immediately begun , with a promptness at once due to the necessities of the case , and his own ...
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... ment entered it , it was little more than an outline . shape was described upon the sand , and the palmetto rafts lay around it , waiting to be moulded into form . The structure was an inartificial one - a simple wall , behind which ...
... ment entered it , it was little more than an outline . shape was described upon the sand , and the palmetto rafts lay around it , waiting to be moulded into form . The structure was an inartificial one - a simple wall , behind which ...
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... ment of Infantry , and twenty - two of the Fourth Regi- ment of Artillery . The whole number of cannon mounted on the fortress was thirty - one , of these , nine were French twenty - sixes ; six English eighteens ; nine twelve and seven ...
... ment of Infantry , and twenty - two of the Fourth Regi- ment of Artillery . The whole number of cannon mounted on the fortress was thirty - one , of these , nine were French twenty - sixes ; six English eighteens ; nine twelve and seven ...
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active advance Americans approach arms army artillery battle bayonet body brave bridge brigade British British army Camden camp Capt Captain Carolinians cavalry Charleston Cherokees Colonel command Congaree Cornwallis courage defence detachment dispatched effect encampment enemy enemy's equally escape fell Ferry fight fire followed force Fort Motte Fort Moultrie Fort Prince George Fort Watson fortunate Francis Marion Gainey garrison Georgetown Governor Rutledge Greene honor Horry Horry's horse Huguenots hundred infantry James latter legion Lord Rawdon loyalists Lynch's Creek Major Mayham ment miles military militia Moultrie movements necessity North object occasion officers partisan party patriots Pedee Peter Horry plantation possession prepared present prisoners proceeded pursuit Rawdon regiment retreat river safety Santee Savannah secure seems soldiers soon South Carolina spirit Stewart success suffered Sumter swamp sword Tarleton thicket tion took Tories troops victory warfare Watson Weems Whigs wounded yielded
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Сторінка 346 - I can lay my hand on my heart and say that, since I came to man's estate, I have never intentionally done wrong to any.
Сторінка 51 - But when we came, according to orders, to cut down the fields of corn, I could scarcely refrain from tears. For who could see the stalks that stood so stately with broad green leaves and...
Сторінка 17 - After our arrival in Carolina we suffered every kind of evil. In about eighteen months our elder brother, unaccustomed to the hard labor we were obliged to undergo, died of a fever. Since leaving France we had experienced every kind of affliction, disease, pestilence, famine, poverty, hard labor. I have been for six months together without tasting bread, working the ground like a slave ; and I have even passed three or four years without always having it when I wanted it. God has done great things...
Сторінка 170 - From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles...
Сторінка 52 - When we are gone, thought I, they will return, and peeping through the weeds with tearful eyes, will mark the ghastly ruin poured over their homes, and the happy fields where they had so often played.
Сторінка 347 - AND INDEPENDENCE, And secured to her the blessings of LIBERTY AND PEACE. This tribute of veneration and gratitude is erected in commemoration of the noble and disinterested virtues of the CITIZEN; and the gallant exploits of the SOLDIER; Who lived without fear, and died without reproach.
Сторінка 51 - ... clustering beans. The furrows seemed to rejoice under their precious loads — the fields stood thick with bread. We encamped the first night in the woods, near the fields, where the whole army feasted on the young corn, which, with fat venison, made a most delicious treat. "The next morning we proceeded by order of colonel Grant, to burn down the Indians
Сторінка 57 - Carolina, holding ourselves bound by that most sacred of all obligations, the duty of good citizens towards an injured country, and thoroughly convinced that under our present distressed circumstances we shall be justified before God and...
Сторінка 127 - I have given orders that all the inhabitants of this province, who have subscribed and have taken part in this revolt, should be punished with the greatest rigor; and also those who will not turn out, that they may be imprisoned, and their whole property taken from them or destroyed. I have...
Сторінка 229 - Watson, pursued bis line of march through Williamsburg. Having once resolved, Marion's movements were always rapid and energetic. On the fifteenth of April, only a day after the junction with Lee, he was before Fort Watson. This was a stockade fort, raised on one of those remarkable elevations of an unknown antiquity which are usually recognized as Indian mounds. It stands near Scott's Lake on the Santee river, a few miles below the junction of the Congaree and Wateree. The mound is forty feet in...