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'C:H AP.
VII.
I t t A R R A T 1V E O F ; A N :
' and-barley jv ^pnpluding at as well tohe fhat by th e fenettiy
^ T%k hhihoard
dippftl£ J^^i^t0;:findL
the ;fmaltei£ fpqt .forth e purpofe, tfhe wk^^iof: th 1$ .:fhoce:,
being fp verymarfhyj andnver-gwown-with every-kind
of^ujidgrwpod, ihat we *pcrald feappply put-hur n,ew
-prpi^t' m .exe^icms -till a t laft,. ray negjges baying
tnade a temporary kincLof br|dge?, to$ep fjtom the y&wl-
upon a fmaU .fpeck, of dry ( grgpndy, and .having forced,
.a bight died gb£ jnanicel^lej^Yes to keep-fpff-tbs^
we found means to keep, in ; a
mqre -copdbriable; than we w^3,,c>nrboardpjbg^Qharoftif
Our danger in this- fituationr bo-'greyqr, yfas.^^rtaiply;
greater than, in -pur. fj^mgr.-Rappn 5 ^nce^an^ld^rebed;
fettlement was- nqt very farjrom this, places wbi<dp'Wa$r
called Pinppburgh, from a neighboqringjcreek t rtootugh;
others alledge that it obtained this name frprp .the Iharp
pms ftuek in the ground, like jqrownfeet* QJWtkevwxjk'
fri$ ey with which the $$$% had. formerly jf$?d%4jtod
defended it. hJo,twithft^n^ing this village hadheienjde-’'
molifliedi ,it -was -wed known that the rebels Rill -fre-’
quently y ifited-the fpot, .to pick up forae of the yams .and
■cafadas .(whiqh the groundrcontinued* in its uncultivated
Rate, to produce) for a temporary fubfilienee^ 1 was in-,
deed almoft abfolutely convinced that the rebels, who
k ad lately paffed above La Rochelle m Patamaca, were.at
this moment encamped at the above fpot Pinagburgh,.-
and ready to commit fo,me depredations on the ^s^PliPSk;
the
E X p;k d I , E ION T O S'-U r i n a m .
ffieir^eSiqnMea»r:aifea^^pofjW attack Ourfelves; | oh
' thds' kept.Idosible'tCinfinels1 -round* the
f e n d i i ^ l aqe?f. ^ h d ^ e - ^ d e r s , ^ 4ti-no mesr-lhouldhe
allowhdltpipdak o m ih z h ^ y k i h ^ fW e ^ i l e h r i that
fpot, xnanrden.that ^egrhjghtthear.’Thp fmalleftlruhli%
©f a* 18 hb v i g o u r danger) by ^gilantie- add.’
ihlaemty^: .
° n' ® * 8^.a»5E!«ihet
refufed, t0 .j,e jifent w*®e«W ia ^w i1. ; ^ H e'%ouia;hot.
'‘■Puffer «baefito hei4ftf%iite by myfeff&h
I f f p tv e ^ d - : thaib-wlbj had'1 nb-tfe^eoh ,-hnr-taled with
tis-^dp^rcfeblof me®eihfes^whfcfe
eathartidsy and pewderMoFwhihh I k h e ^ o r ’the pro^dr
ufe..- \At>1 their de%d,bhP^Vd^jEHjSi^diftributedfheAi ‘
"fo- the-me ay g g | ’loading, thelPi^Midhsb with hea-Vy
Mt provifibns,- ari<&'Mhgm<^e^:&^
art- to affift nature: ButotKtfe bfiny meaW'ef:
pork andi^eef,. Qhlonel JourgebudTnhftm' we'fe-1 touch
more wholefome ( food it* a ^ o p ic ^ c o u n trr than f*efh
provifiphs^’fbr, byfatebR~chrioufc
-that „the- latter* corrupted-in the‘fRdimaeh:s% the; S 3
whereas the others- underwent a proper idige'bion. i u ti-
)%«jnnafielyrfor us,, there, were traf few‘-on boa*d either thfe
. t p ^ f t ^ f b o d . ,1 hadyalfq fome.plaiftersydia hoard
toe -barge, -hut thefe were, foon -expendei- by; the wun-
-Pfng- nlcersj^with t which- -the;whole^ enewNwas coveredg
m thgs inafeis
where: