14th, and Oct.

26th.] Naturally such very mild measures produced little effect in stopping the plundering.
However, Campbell spoke in stronger terms of an even worse set of outrages.

The backwoodsmen had little notion of mercy to beaten enemies, and many of them treated the captured loyalists with great brutality, even on the march, [Footnote: "Our captors ...

cutting and striking us in a most savage manner,"-- "South Carolina Loyalist."] Col.

Cleavland himself being one of the offenders.