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The longer they waited for peace papers to be signed across the world in Paris,
France the more restless they grew. There were crops to be planted and families
to be comforted. They grew irritable and sullen. Many gathered their belongings
and quietly slipped off; others left in groups; outright mutiny.

Finally, in June the resolution of Congress was received to furlough all troops as
quickly as possible to save supplies and provisions. Each man was supposed to
be given three months pay but there was no money in the Continental treasury so
they were given promissory notes instead.

For the victorious army there was no great victory celebration, no big parades,
no loud crowds; there was only the gradual melting away of vagabond soldiers
making their way to their homes hundreds of miles away, trying to satisfy the
gnawing in their bellies by begging, stealing, or using the force they had been

trained to employ. In a hurry to get home they spent little time thinking about the
unfairness of it all.

But, the job they did changed forever the future of what was to become the
greatest nation ever in the history of the world.

JAMES FOY, SR returned to THE SUGAR MAPLE PLANTATION in Onslow
County. It is there we pick up the story of the FOYS WHO CAME TO TEXAS.

Ch. 10 Pg. 13