Original sentence: "The next morning we proceeded, by order of Colonel Grant, to burn down the Indian cabins.' thought I, 'we surely need not grudge you such miserable habitations.'Poor creatures.British claims of indian atrocities on the part of Marion can be understood from a letter by Marion himself which written during the French and Indian War while under he was acting under the orders of a British Officer.But to me it appeared a shocking sight.Some of our men seemed to enjoy this cruel work, laughing very heartily at the curling flames as they mounted, loud-crackling, over the tops of the huts