. A brief history of the United States . a small party of cavalry underColonel Buford. The British gave no quarter, and after the Americans surrendered,mercilessly maimed and butchered the larger portion of them. + Lee met Gates on his way to join the southern army. His well-worded caution,Beware your northern laurels do not turn to southern willows, seems almost pro-phetic of the Camden disaster. 134 EPOCH ill. [1780. country in continual terror. Marion,* Sumter,f Pickens,and Lee, were noted patriot leaders. Their bands were strong enough to cut off Brit-ish detachments, and evensuccessfully
. A brief history of the United States . a small party of cavalry underColonel Buford. The British gave no quarter, and after the Americans surrendered,mercilessly maimed and butchered the larger portion of them. + Lee met Gates on his way to join the southern army. His well-worded caution,Beware your northern laurels do not turn to southern willows, seems almost pro-phetic of the Camden disaster. 134 EPOCH ill. [1780. country in continual terror. Marion,* Sumter,f Pickens,and Lee, were noted patriot leaders. Their bands were strong enough to cut off Brit-ish detachments, and evensuccessfully attack small garri-sons. The cruel treatmentwhich the whigs received fromthe British J drove many tothis partisan warfare. Theissue of the contest at theSouth was mainly decided bythese bold citizen soldiers. Continental Money had now been issued by Congress to the amount of 1200,000,000. At this time it was so much depreciated that $40 in bills were worth only $1 in specie. A pair of boots cost $600 in continental currency. A soldiers. * A British officer seat to negotiate concerning an exchange of prisoners, dinedwith Marion. The dinner consisted of roasted potatoes. Surprised at this meagrediet, he made some inquiries, when he found that this was their customary fare, andthat the patriot general served without pay. This devotion to the cause of liberty soaflFected the ofEicer that he resigned Ids commission, thinking it folly to fight such men. t At Hanging Rock (Aug. 6) Sumter gained a victory over a strong body of Britishand tories. He began the action with only two rounds of ammunition, but soon sup-plied himself from the fleeing tories. Frequently, in these contests, a portion of thebands would go into a battle without guns, arming themselves with the muskets oftheir comrades as they fell. At Kings Mountain (Oct. 7) a large body of independ-ent riflemen, each company under its own leader, attacked Ferguson, who had beensent out to rally the tories of the neighborhood. Fe
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