His name was already the rallying word throughout the country.

To join Marion, to be one of Marion's men, was the duty which the grandsire imposed upon the lad, and to the performance of which, throwing aside his crutch, he led the way.
We have already shown why the force of Marion was so liable to fluctuation.

The necessity of providing for, and protecting destitute families, starving wives and naked children, was more imperative than that of a remote and fancied liberty.

These cases attended to, the militia came forth, struck a few blows, and once more returned to their destitute dependents.

The victory over the Tories of Black Mingo, was, from this cause, followed by a more than usually prolonged inactivity of our partisan.