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sometimes degenerated into cruelty. Some years after the killing of his uncle, he was robbed of a large amount of money and goods by his own negroes. He caught some of them; three he executed, -- one by burning; -- one he shot, and a third he strung up on the branch of a tree. It is believed that some of the delinquents confessed that they were instigated to their desertion & theft by Falling, the brother in law of Vann.

     word scratched out Van met Falling. He charged him with the Treachery. Words ensued. A challenge passed. Such an instance never before occurred in the nation; nor has it ever occurred since.
     The parties agreed to meet at a certain cross path, where four roads intersect. They were to be armed at their own choice. Vann had a long french musquet: Falling a double barrelled fowling piece: each were loaded with 21 buck shot: each well mounted.
      At the hour fixed, each started at full gallop. When they caught view of each other, each gave the war whoop, word scratched out as they dashed onward. Their horses heads nearly