This mob proved to be that, headed by the Reverend a methodist preacher & the battle was called the Bogard Battle. After this battle, there was a short season of quiet, the mobs disappeared, & the militia returned to ; though they were not discharged, but remained under orders, until it should be known how the matter would turn. In the space of a few days, it was Said that a large body of armed men were entering the south part of . The court ordered the military to go & enquire what was their object, in thus coming into the without permission. The military started as commanded and little or no information was received at about their movements until late the next afternoon, when a large army was descried making their way towards , being an elevated situation the army was discovered, while a number of miles from the place. Their object was entirely unknown to the citizens as far as I had any knowledge on the subject; and every man I heard speak of their object, expressed their as great ignorance as myself.— They reached a small stream on the east side of the , which was studded with timber on its banks & for perhaps from half a mile, to a mile on the east side of the stream one hour before sundown. Their <​There​> the main body halted, & soon after a detachment under the command of , marched towards the in line of battle. This body was preceded, probably threefourths of a mile in advance of them by a man carrying a white flag, who approached within a few rods [p. 141]