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6, And they gathered together an army of men, who went forth againfl the fe£l of the tcries, who were encamped on King's Mount ^ and the names of the five chief men, were Campbell^ Cleveland^ Shelby^ Servier^ and McDowell; the fir ft was from the province of North Carolina, and the reft were from the province of Virginia, where the fweet fcented plant groweth, even as the cowflips groweth on the paftures of Albion, for abun- dance.

7, And the fe£l of the toiies were environ- ed round about; and as the people of the Provinces afcended the mountain, they were driven back again by the fed of the tories : hovv^beit, they remained near the mountain, and (hot at the people on the mountain, and Ferguson was ilain,

8, Then was the feci of the tories fore a- mazed, and their fpirits failed within them when they faw their champion was fiain, and they let fall their weapons of war, and they were all taken captive.