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near the 8th of September, in Lords of Trade, 11 Nov., 1760. The country beyond the mountains was deserted; nor was Carolina safe. But Montgomery, by his expedition had only inflamed the war, Bull to Lords of Trade, July, 1760. and, having obeyed the letter of his instructions by reaching the country of the Cherokees, Col. Montgomery to Lieut. of Governor Bull, July, 1760. prepared to embark precipitately for the North. The province was in the greatest consternation. On the eleventh of July, the General Assembly represented their inability to prevent the Cherokees from ravaging the back settlements; and unanimously entreated the lieutenant governor to use the most pressing instances with Colonel Montgomery not to depart with the king's troops, as it might be attended with the most pernicious consequences. But Montgomery, though warned, that he was but giving the Cherokees occa- chap. XV.} 1760. sion to boast throughout the wilderness in their own towns, and among the Ch