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thorpe left Georgia for England, Major Horton was intrusted 

 with the command of his regiment, and of the province. He 

 removed to Savannah, and continued to administer the govern- 

 ment until he died. 



A battle was fought, July 7, 1742, on St. Simon's island, 

 between Oglethorpe's regiment and the Spaniards. The latter 

 were defeated with great loss, and the place where the engage- 

 ment occurred has ever since been called " Bloody Marsh." 



In 1788, the Creek Indians overran the country from the 

 Alatamaha to the St. Mary's. Captain John Burnet, father of 

 Col. Burnet, whose name appears as a signer of the Constitu- 

 tion of 1798, lived at the head of Turtle river with his family 

 and slaves, attending to large stocks of cattle. All the people had 

 fled from the main land, to the islands. Going out one day 

 with his son, the late Col. Burnet, he discovered Indians at 

 some distance sitting upon a high log, armed with rifles. 

 "John," said the old man, "let us charge them." " Father," 

 the son replied, " do not charge them ; there are more Indians 

 behind the log." " Come, John," the father replied, " we 

 must charge." He did charge, and his son followed him. 

 When they had reached within a few yards of the log, ten 

 Indians rose up and discharged their entire fire upon the old 

 man. He received several wounds, one of which, in the ear, 

 finally proved mortal. With the aid of his son and a black 

 boy, he was able to reach his house. About two weeks after, 

 100 Indians in the dead of night stole into his enclosure, hav- 

 ing killed the negro who stood sentinel at the gate. They at- 

 tempted to fire the house, in which there were five or six males 

 and two females. Repeated efforts were made by the savages 

 to force the doors, but those within were upon the alert, and 

 continued firing upon the enemy for four hours. The eldest 

 daughter of Capt. Burnet, assisted by her younger sister, 

 loaded the muskets below and handed them through the scuttle 

 to their brothers above. The firing was heard at St. Simon's 

 island, many of the inhabitants of which came to the beach 

 to listen to it ; and as soon as daylight came, thirty men col- 

 lected and proceeded to Mr. Burnet's. Upon their arrival, 

 they found that within the house one negro had been killed. 

 Mr, Moses Burnet received three severe wounds. All of Mr. 



