incial officer, could not restrain his Indian allies from
scalping the slain, and in several instances it required his utmost
exertions to prevent a like fate from befalling his own living
prisoners.

10 Page 217. Governor Lyttleton on the request of Atta-Kulla-Kulla
released Oconostota, Fiftoe, the chief warrior of Keowee Town, and the
head warrior of Estatoe, who the next day surrendered two other Indians
to be held as substitutes. Although it has been generally said that
there were twenty-two hostages, only twenty-one seem to have been
detained, and it is therefore possible that Oconostota was liberated
without exchange, on account of his position and influence in the tribe,
being always known as the "Great Warrior." The names of the hostages
detained are as follows: Chenohe, Ousanatanah, Tallichama, Tallitahe,
Quarrasatahe, Connasaratah, Kataetoi, Otassite of Watogo, Ousanoletah
of Jore, Kataletah of Cowetche, Chisquatalone, Skiagusta of Sticoe,
Tanaesto, Wohatche, Wyejah, Oucachistanah, Nicolche, Tony, Toatiahoi,
Shallisloske, and Chistie.

11 Page 236. Bancroft says this detached force comprised six hundred
Highlanders and six hundred Royal Americans. Adair says it consisted of
twelve hundred Highlanders. Other historians add to this number a body
of grenadiers. Hewatt, who writes almost contemporaneously, publishing
in 1779, and who was a resident of Charlestown, where the force landed
and whence it departed, states that it consisted of a battalion of
Highlanders and four companies of the Royal Scots, and it was there
joined by a company of South Carolina Volunteers. He further mentions
that upon Colonel Montgomery's return to New York he left four companies
of his force in Charlestown, upon the urgent request of the governor and
assembly, to aid the defense of the Carolina frontier, and that these
were of the royal regiment under the command of Major Frederick
Hamilton. The Royal Scots, being one of the oldest and most celebrated
of military organizations, has the peculiar claim on the consideration
of all the world, that having been the body-guard of King Louis XI. of
France, the renowned Scottish Archers, it must surely bear on the
ancient and illustrious rolls the ever-cherished name of Quentin
Durward, for are we not told that the venerable commander of the guard,
Lord Crawford, entered it there himself? And if it is not now to be
seen, why--so much the worse for the ancient and illustrious rolls!

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