The mother of Marion, in like manner, strove to dissuade her son from this early inclination.

She did not succeed, however, and when scarcely sixteen, he embarked in a small vessel for the West Indies.

The particulars of this voyage, with the exception of the mode in which it terminated, have eluded our inquiry.
We have looked for the details in vain.

The name of the vessel, the captain, the port she sailed from, have equally escaped our search.

To the wanton destruction of private and public records by the British, together with the heedless improvidence of heads of families in the South, we owe this poverty of historical resource.