Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-14

gentleman, be said, after reading the part o
my passport requiring him to provide m
with IAN intelligent guide
i dap't know that I can do any bette
than to 60 with you myself
Nothing will delight me more, Major.
have no doubt you can tell me about the bat
tie of Kings Mountain
why, sir he said, Il was born and raised
near the place, and have many time lis
tened to many an old man telling about th'
battle-men WHO were in it, and who settled
down and died in the peighborhood, after th'
war. think 1 can give you all the infor
nation you want
Then, Major, mount your horse and le
US be going
In few minutes, Major Borders and
were Gathering overthe bridge across King''
Creek-he upon a freckled gray and IL
4see they have given you the roam to ride,
said the Major.
'Yes,' replied. 'Are you acquainted
with him?
oh, very we'll. You see, these two horses
are continually passing from one forge to the
other. I hope he hasn't stumbled with you.
sWhy Major, do not know-whether-
the word stumble is exactly significant of the
49,
sAh, bless my soul = interrupted the Ma
jor, they should have cautioned you. Roar
does very we'll going up slope; but it re
quires some management to get him dowr
one without accident; so, while We have al
ascending r1ad, think we had better pro
ceed briskly.'
Il am entirely at your disposal, Major
We dashed off at our utmost speed, tho
freckled gray maintaininga steady sure-foot
ed trot, while Roam made pot pourri of hi
gaits, without any modulation between them
For two miles we passed through poor, un
interesting country, my recompense for th'
dreary ride being the progress Imade in thu
acquaintance of Major Borders, to whom,
long for an opportunityof repaying his kint
attentions to me. At length, we came to al
opening in the forest, and the scene sudden
ly changed from black jacks and dwarf pines
to a cultivated valley, across which, at tn
distance of three fourths of mile, stood {
prominent mountain, with spur Of half it
altitude, setting off towards the east. SOM
distance to the right I saw the round knoll
which had, several times before attracted
my attention-its clear blue, when 1 frs
saw it, being now tinged with purple from
my nearer proximity to it.
what eminence is that over yonder, Ma
jorP
That is Henry's Knob
sAnd that down there, to the left, is King
Mountain?'
'Oh, no sir replied the Major, 'that
Browns Mountain
Il thought We could not be so near t
Kings Mountain; for, from the glimpses
have caught of it, I suppose it must be tel
miles from here, and fear will not be a
BILE to get back to Mr., Montgomery's to
night
oh, that's the Kings Mountain Crag il
North Carolina. But the battle wasn't Tough
there
where, then, was it fought?'
'On little knob, mile the other side Q
Browns Mountain
'Oh, Major, you have destroyed all tn
romance I have been getting up. I though
surely
We'll pow,' continued the Major, I'v
heard of Napoleon Bonaparte crossing tn
Alps with sixty thousand men, but kno7
he couldn't have got, with as many as fv
hundred men, up to the top of what you'v
been catching sight of along the road. VIII
there hain't been an Indian up there yet
We'll Major, lead on
The road, after passing through the valley
turned to the right, in order to wind aroun
the spur of Browns Mountain. In the rea
of this eminence, (that is to the North of it
we again entered the forest. Major Border
then struck into an indistinct road, leadiu
up an ascending ridge. This road, he said
had been called Ferguson's road, as far bac
as he could recollect.
Zone thing is certain he continued,
leads right to the battle ground, and no fal
ther.'
4he ridge became every step more eleVa
ted, and the raviues on either side deeper
A half a mile beyond che point where thi
road was gained, we found a cross ridg
stretching over to Browns Mountain,
Now said the Major, Il have shown 20
the route which Ferguson and his army took
we will follow this ridge to the left, and tax
a near way to the spot we are in search o1
The high ridge we are leaving, runs toward
the north for quarter of a mile, and then
bending round towards the west, terminate
in the knob known as Kings Mountain
Besides, we will approach the place in tn
same direction Campbell did
Riding On over hills and through valleys