Lyttelton's Expediton II - in an enchanted, dangerous forest

If ever you've been in the woods alone for a good length of time when out of the mist materializes a large doe jumping almost at you, and then followed by one after another, and yet another,and then by a huge buck, a woosh and gone, you have seen something magical you will never forget. There's an almost Kingdom of Heaven moment, something regal, mystical, something beyond your ken that just occurred, because whatever just happened is gone. You know it happened and yet you just check yourself, "Did it?"

As the army neared the Cherokee towns, desertions ceased. Soldiers regarded the forests as unsafe for stray whites. Yet Captain Grennan's horsemen, scouting ahead, saw no signs of enemy.

The only disturbance to be marching men was occasioned by deer racing out of the thickets and knocking men down as they leaped through the wood across the road.

On Dec 7 [1759] they crossed the diffiecult of of Twelve Mile Creek, where steep banks and deepish water made them most vulnerable.

The next night [ 8 Dec 1759] they bivouacked beneath the stars on the hills within six miles of Fort Prince George.

In the winter cold they could hear the distant singing and dancing at the Cherokee in their villages.

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