The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . oking viands spread beforethem, and with apparent hospitality urged them to stacked their arms in one corner of her cabin, and satdown to the meal with jesting and mirth. Quick as thoughtthe dauntless woman sprang to the guns, jerked one up,cocked it, and wnth an oath swore she would shoot the firstTory that dared move. All were terror-stricken, for each onethought from her cross-eyes that he was the one she w^aslooking at. Go, s
The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . oking viands spread beforethem, and with apparent hospitality urged them to stacked their arms in one corner of her cabin, and satdown to the meal with jesting and mirth. Quick as thoughtthe dauntless woman sprang to the guns, jerked one up,cocked it, and wnth an oath swore she would shoot the firstTory that dared move. All were terror-stricken, for each onethought from her cross-eyes that he was the one she w^aslooking at. Go, said she to one of her sons, and tellthe Whigs that I have taken six base Tories. One of themen made a motion to advance upon her, and, true to herthreat, she fired, and he fell dead upon the floor. Seizinganother musket, she brought it to bear upon the others, in 94 STUDENTS HISTORY OF GEORGIA. [1781. readiness to fire. By this time her husband and severalWhigs had arrived, and at Nancys suggestion, who sworeshooting was too good for them, the Tories were taken outand hung. The position of her cabin and the scene of theexecution is pointed out
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