...inton had had four days time to sound the ford; but he took the story of its depth on trust. On the morning of the ninth of June, Charles Lee, attended by his aides-de-camp, and by Robert Howe of North Carolina , arrived at Haddrell's Point. After examining its fortifications, he crossed over to Sullivan's Island, where he found a good stock of powder; a fort of which the front and one side were finished; ...