[300:B] T. M. says: "Bacon calls a convention at Middle Plantation, fifteen miles from Jamestown." [301:A] Narrative of Indian and Civil Wars, 18. [302:A] Bancroft, ii. 136; Anderson's Hist. of Col. Church, ii. 519, in note. [303:A] Beverley, B. i. 74. [304:A] Bland Papers, i. 148. [306:A] Bacon's Proceedings, 20; Force's Hist. Tracts, i. [307:A] History of Bacon's Rebellion, in Va. Gazette for 1769. [307:B] Burk, ii. 176. CHAPTER XXXVI. 1676. Bacon Marches back upon Jamestown--Singular Stratagem-- Berkley's Second Flight--Jamestown Burnt--Bacon proceeds to Gloucester to oppose Brent--Bacon dies--Circumstances of his Death and Burial--His Father an Author--Marriage and Fortune of Nathaniel Bacon, Jr.--His Widow. BACON, having exhausted his provisions, had dismissed the greater part of his forces before Lawrence, Drummond, Hansford, and the other fugitives from Jamestown joined him. Upon receiving intelligence of the governor's return, Bacon, collecting a force variously estimated at one hundred and fifty, three hundred, and eight hundred, harangued them on the situation of affairs, and marched back upon Jamestown, leading his Indian captives in triumph before him. The contending parties came now to be distinguished by the names of Rebels and Royalists. Finding the town defended by a palisade ten paces in width, running across the neck of the peninsula, he rode along the work, and reconnoitred the governor's position. Then, dismounting from his horse, he animated his fatigued men to advance at once, and, leading them close to the palisade, sounded a defiance with the trumpet, and fired upon the garrison. The governor remained quiet, hoping that want of provisions would soon force Bacon to retire; but he supplied his troops from Sir William Berkley's seat, at Greenspring, three miles distant. He afterwards complained that "his dwelling-house at Greenspring was almost ruined; his household goods, and others of great value, totally plundered; that he had not a bed to lie on; two great beasts, three hundred sheep, seventy horses and mares, all his corn and provisions, taken away."