2 JO American Revolution.
Britain Rir up the fe£i: of the tones to fight againfi: their brethren.
9. And when the tories had heard all the words of the mlTv^ngers, they came out of their lurking places and armed themfelves, and fet out to (Ireagthen the men of Britain.
10. And as they pafTed through the coun- try, they plundered the inhabitants and fpoil- ed their goods.
li. "Wherupon the people being enraged, they gathered themfelves together and purfu- ed after them, and a certain man whofe fur- name was Pickens^^ wetit before them.
12. And they overtook the fed of the to- nes at a brook of water, called Kettle Creek; and they flew two fcore of them, and recov- ered the fpoil, and their chief man was ilain, whofe name was Boyd,]'
X3. And the refidue were difcomfitcd and ficd to their own houfes, and the people of
- Ccl. Pickins, f ^^h Boyd.
