FRANCIS G. DELIESSELINE, Esq. and myself have compared notes ~generally~
on the subject.

Of all these sources of information I have availed myself;
besides having recourse to every account of the events of that period
which I had it in my power to consult. This, I hope,
will account satisfactorily for any departures made from the statement
I furnished Dr. RAMSAY.

There are no doubt many errors in my narrative, as nothing human
is exempt from them; but it is believed there are not more than usually occur
in what is considered accurate history. It may also need correction
in other matters, and it may not be pregnant with great events;
but still it is a kind of domestic history, which teaches
lessons of patience and patriotism, not surpassed in modern,
and seldom in ancient times.

WM. DOBEIN JAMES.




Introduction.

A view of the first settlement of the French Protestants on the Santee.
Lawson's account of them. The ancestors of General Marion
emigrate among them.