688 America : Col. Fergnfon’sAMERICA. [Ml.]“ Ntv York, N'-v. 30. After the battle tainof Camden [584.] Lord Cornwallis ad- Thlt;▼anced into North Carolina; and Col. wasFergufon attempting to join him from Thlt;NineiyGx, wi*h about 400 militia, was the attacked at King’s Mountain by nearaooo rebels. He twice repulfed them ; Hlt;and went out with thirty men to recon- ,,noitre, when he was unfortunately kill- ,ed. This difpirited his party. The re- ‘bels made a third attack, and fucceed- ,ed. They killed and took upwards of ° 1three hundred. This ftroke objiged Lord £lDCornwallis to return into South Caroii- *Yna; and by the Uft accounts from him, r °* he was returning near Waxfaws towardsNinetyfix. v,f°k « 1 r . /• f* t _ a rns