On the other hand, Robert Campbell puts the number at only seven hundred, and Lenoir between six and seven hundred.

Both of these thus err in the opposite direction.] picked riflemen, well mounted, rode out of the circle of flickering firelight, and began their night journey.

A few determined footmen followed, going almost as fast as the horse, and actually reached the battle-field in season to do their share of the fighting.
Ferguson Makes Ready.
All this time Ferguson had not been idle.

He first heard of the advance of the backwoodsmen on September 30th, from the two tories who deserted Sevier on Yellow Mountain.

He had furloughed many of his loyalists, as all formidable resistance seemed at an end; and he now sent out messengers in every direction to recall them to his standard.