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The Life of Francis Marion

CHAPTER 10
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Lieutenant Roger Gordon had been dispatched with a small party to patrol on Lynch's Creek.

He suffered himself, while taking refreshments at a house, to be surrounded by a party of Tories, under Capt.Butler.The enemy made good his approaches to the house, and set it on fire.

Finding himself greatly outnumbered, and perceiving that resistance would be useless, Gordon surrendered upon terms; but as soon as his party had yielded up their arms, they were murdered to a man.
These bloody events were accompanied and followed by others of a like character.

Nor were the Tories always, or exclusively guilty.

The sanguinary warfare began with them, but it was perpetuated by mutual excesses.


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