Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . hains were re-moved from the five messengers, and they prepared to depart. Asthe last one was going over the side, he removed from his person ahandkerchief and breast-pin, and giving them to him, told him tohand them to his wife and child. Forty days and nights were past by the chieftain, as well as bythe officers, in the most intense anxiety, and it was nearly as muchto their relief, as to that of Coacoochee and his fellow prisoners
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . hains were re-moved from the five messengers, and they prepared to depart. Asthe last one was going over the side, he removed from his person ahandkerchief and breast-pin, and giving them to him, told him tohand them to his wife and child. Forty days and nights were past by the chieftain, as well as bythe officers, in the most intense anxiety, and it was nearly as muchto their relief, as to that of Coacoochee and his fellow prisoners,when the sun rose on the fortieth day and found the entire number,—seventy-eight warriors, sixty-four women and forty-seven children,—encamped within the bounds of Fort Brooke. THE HORRORS OF A BOMBARDMENT. 129 THE HORRORS OF A BOMBARDMENT.—NORFOLK IN 1776. The subjoined account of the burning of Norfolk, Ya., was someyears ago received from the lips of a venerable old lady, since de-ceased. I was only in my sixth year,said the venerable narrator,when the cannonading andburning of Norfolk took place,by order of the ^^^^^ C^Royal ^^fe:;:;^:—Go ver-. THE FIRST G0N OF THE FLEET BREAKS THE HORRIBLE SCSPENSE. the impression of many things is as clear and vivid to me now as ifthey had happened yesterday. I was at the time residing with myuncle and aunt, who had a very handsome residence on one of theprincipal streets running back from the river. One day, toward the last of the year 1775, I remember my unclecoming home under great excitement, declaring the patriots hadwon the first battle at Great Bridge—that the old scoundrel LordDunmore, had, with many of his followers and partisans, fled fortheir lives to a vessel in the stream—and thanking God that thepatriot army, under Col. AVoodford, would soon have possession of the 130 THE HORRORS OF A BOMBARDMENT. After this came a series of the most alarming rumors, which soaffected my nervous and timid aunt, that she wa
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