To this rendezvous Francis Marion repaired, in a troop of provincial cavalry commanded by one of his brothers.* But he was not yet to flesh his maiden valor upon the enemy.

The prompt preparation of the Carolinians had somewhat lessened the appetite of the savages for war.

Perhaps their own preparations were not yet sufficiently complete to make them hopeful of its issue.

The young warriors were recalled from the frontiers, and a deputation of thirty-two chiefs set out for Charleston, in order to propitiate the anger of the whites, and arrest the threatened invasion of their country.

Whether they were sincere in their professions, or simply came for the purpose of deluding and disarming the Carolinians, is a question with the historians.