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ention--War Party in the Ascendant--American Views--Highlanders Fail to Understand Conditions--Reckless Indifference of Leaders--General Donald Macdonald--British Campaign--Governor Martin Manipulates a Revolt--Macdonald's Manifesto--Rutherford's Manifesto--Highlanders in Rebellion--Standard at Cross Creek--March for Wilmington--Country Alarmed--Correspondence--Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge--Overthrow of Highlanders--Prescribed Parole--Prisoners Address Congress--Action of Sir William Howe--Allan Macdonald's Letter--On Parole--Effects His Exchange--Letter to Members of Congress--Cornwallis to Clinton--Military at Cross Creek--Women Protected--Religious Status 102 CHAPTER VI. HIGHLANDERS IN GEORGIA. English Treatment of Poor--Imprisonment for Debt--Oglethorpe's Philanthropy--Asylum Projected--Oglethorpe Sails for Georgia--Selects the Site of Savannah--Fort Argyle--Colonists of Different Nationalities--Towns Established--Why Highlanders were Selected--Oglethorpe Returns to England--Highland Emigrants--Character of--John Macleod--Founding of New Inverness--Oglethorpe Sails for Georgia--Visits the Highlanders--Fort St. Andrews--Spaniards Aggressive--Messengers Imprisoned--Spanish Perfidy--Suffering and Discontent in 1737--Dissension Increases--Removal Agitated--African Slavery Prohibited--Petition and Counter Petition--Highlanders Oppose African Slavery--Insufficient Produce Raised--Murder of Unarmed Highlanders--Florida Invaded--St. Augustine Blockaded--Massacre of Highlanders at Fort Moosa--Failure of Expedition--Conduct of William MacIntosh--Indians and Carolinians Desert--Agent Reprimanded by Parliament--Clansmen at Darien--John MacLeod Abandons His Charge--Georgia Invaded--Highlanders Defeat the Enemy--Battle of Bloody Marsh--Spaniards Retreat--Ensign Stewart--Oglethorpe Again Invades Florida--Growth of Georgia--Record in Revolution--Resolutions Assault on British War Vessels--Capture of--County of Liberty--Settlement Remained Highland 146 CHAPTER VII. CAPTAIN LACHLAN CAMPBELL'S NEW YORK COLONY. Lachlan Campbell--Donald Campbell's Memorial--Motives Controlling Royal Governors--Governor Clarke to Duke of Newcastle--Same to Lords of Trade--Efforts of Captain Campbell--Memorial Rejected--Redress Obtained--Grand Scheme--List of Grantees--A Desperado--Township of Argyle--Records of--Change of Name of County--Highland Soldiers Occupy Lands--How Allotted-
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