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the captain, Lee; howbeit, Rudolph, a man of valour, led forth the lad company,

1 6. And there was yet another flrong hold,* called by the name of the Britiili captain, this alfo fell to the people of the Provinces, under the captains Lee and Pkkefis; and the cap- tives that were taken, were in number three hundred men, chiefly of the fed: of the tories.

17. Thus were the men of Britain driven from one place to another, until they came to the Eiitaw Springs, where they halted; and Natbaniel and the army of Columbia, they al- fo encamped near the men of Britain.

18. And Nathaniel numbered the men of Columbia, even the hod of the people that followed after him, and the number of the men were two thoufand fighting men.

19. And it came to pafs, that as fome of the young men went forth from the hod, to- wards the army of Britain, they were met in

  • Fort Cornwallis.