Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . e body of Indians was approaching from thenorthward, murdering as they came. They laid waste the frontier parishes and defeated atroop of cavalry commanded by Captain Barker who waskilled, but when within sixteen miles of Charles Town,they were met by Captain Chicken with the Goose Creekmilitia, and repulsed with great loss. The town wassaved for the time being, but the danger remained. Thesituation looked well-nigh desperate. There were in thecolony but fifteen hundred men capable of bearing
Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . e body of Indians was approaching from thenorthward, murdering as they came. They laid waste the frontier parishes and defeated atroop of cavalry commanded by Captain Barker who waskilled, but when within sixteen miles of Charles Town,they were met by Captain Chicken with the Goose Creekmilitia, and repulsed with great loss. The town wassaved for the time being, but the danger remained. Thesituation looked well-nigh desperate. There were in thecolony but fifteen hundred men capable of bearing arms;and there were nine hundred and sixty white women, andseventeen hundred children to be defended! The Indianwarriors were counted at from eight to ten thousand, and 64 CHARLESTON their leaders had fought under Barnwell, Moore, andCantey. The danger of the outlying plantations was great. Theparish of St. Johns at the head of Cooper River was theoutskirt of the settled country. On three plantationswithin supporting distance there were small Wantoot, Mr. Daniel Ravenels ; Schinkins, -fillip* <«# /* ? Mulberry Castle, Bkoughtons Fort, on Cooper River Izards, and Mulberry, Colonel Broughtons. Mul-berry, but recently built, was the strongest house in thecountry, and the refuge of the neighbouring women andchildren when danger threatened. It stands on a highbluff above Cooper River, and is an imposing brick walls, several feet thick, are pierced for musketryin the lower story. At the four corners are small, square. TUSCARORAS AND YEMASSEES 65 semidetached buildings with pointed roofs surmounted byironwork vanes, six feet high, each having the date each of these a trap-door leads to a deep stone-pavedcellar for the storage of ammunition, and a few years sincetwo small cannon (date unknown) were ploughed up in anadjacent field. These buildings are called flankers, butgive the impression of turrets. Hence the place wasalways called Mulberry
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