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weft and by Weft ; this Bluff is diftant ten Miles from 
the Mouth of the River on the South-fide ^ and Parry f 
burgh is twenty four Miles above it, on the North, and 
is fo fituated as to have a beautiful Profpedt, both up 
and down the River. It is very fandy and barren, and 
confequently a wholefome Place for a Town or City, if 
Savannah ftiould ever grow up and rival Philadelphia. 
After putting things into order here, and affigning 
every Man his proper Station and Employment, Mr. 
Oglethorpe, in Company with Colonel Bull, who came 
from Charles Pown to pay him a Viftt, and teftifyed 
great Satisfaftion at the Progrefs they made, fet out for 
Charles T own to follicit Succours for his Colony. Before 
v/e take Notice of the Succefs he met with on that Occa- 
fion, it may not be amifs to tranfcribe a Paragraph from 
the South Carolina Gazette, dated Charles Pown, March 
the 2zd, 1732, in which there is an Account given of a 
Journey to Georgia, which will fliew the Sentiments of 
the People of that Colony, at a Time when they were 
freed from all Prejudices, Apprehenfions, and Prepoffef- 
ftons. After defcribing the Town in the Manner we have 
done, they fay, “ When they, that is the new Colony, 
“ arrived, there was ftanding on it, viz. the Place 
“ where the Town now ftands, a great Quantity of the 
“ bcft Sorts of Pines, moft of which are already cut down 
“ on the Spot where the Town is laid out to build. 
‘‘ The Land is barren about a Mile back, when you 
“ come into very rich Ground ; and on both Sides, with- 
“ in a quarter of a Mile of the Town, is choice good 
“ planting Land. Colonel Bull told me that he had been 
“ feven Miles back, and found it extraordinary good. 
“ Mr. Oglethorpe is indefatigable, takes a vaft deal of 
“ Pains ; his Fare is but indifferent, having little elfe at 
prefent but fait Provifions : He is extremely well be- 
“ loved by all his People. The general Title they give 
“ him is Father. If any of them are ftck, he immediately 
“ vifits them, and takes a great deal of Care of them. If 
“ anyDifferences arife, he is thePerfon that decides them : 
“ Two happened while I was there, and in my Prefence, 
“ and all the Parties went away, to outward Appearance, 
“ fatisfied and contented with his Determination. He 
“ keeps a ftrid: Difcipline ; I never faw one of his Peo- 
‘‘ pie drunk- nor heard one fwear, all the Time I was there. 
“ He does not allow them Rum, but in lieu gives them 
‘‘ Englijh Beer. It is furpriftng to fee how chearfully the 
“ Men go to work, confidering they have not been 
“ bred to it. There are no Idlers there, even the 
Boys and Girls do their Parts. There are four Houfes 
already up, but none finifhed ; and he hopes when he 
“ has got more Sawyers, which I ftippofe he will have 
“ in afhort time, to finifti two Houfes in a Week. He 
“ has plowed up fome Land, Part of which he fowed 
‘‘ with Wheat, which is come up, and looks promifmg. 
“ He has two or three Gardens, which he has fowed with 
divers Sorts of Seeds ; and planted Thyme, with other 
Sorts of Pot-herbs, Sage, Leeks, Scallionsj Celery, 
“ Liquorice, IFc. and feveral Sorts of Fruit-Trees. He 
“ was pallifading the Town, and incloftng fome Part of 
‘‘ the Common, which I do fuppofe may be finifhed in a 
Fortnight’s time._ In fhort, he has done a vaft deal of 
“ Work for the Time j and I think his Name ought to 
be immortalized.” 
This fufficiently fliews how well pleafed the People 
21 . Carolina were, as indeed they had Reafon to be, with 
this new Settlement ; as a further Teftimony of which, 
not only the Affembly, but the People in general, con- 
tributed largely to the Aftiftance of the new Comers •, 
five hundred Pounds of which Money Mr. Oglethorpe laid 
oUu immediately in Cattle, and having given other DiredH- 
ons for providing at Charles-PoSn what his People 
might have Occafion for, he very fpeedily fet out on 
his return for Savannah, and on his way lay at Colonel 
Biill\ Houfe on AJhly River. There the Reverend 
Mr. Guy, Redtor of St. John’s Parifh, waited on him, 
^d told him his Parifhioners had raifed a handfome 
Contribution. Wing 2rnvtd 2t Savannah, he found that 
Mr. Wiggan, the Interpreter, with the chief Men of the 
Lower Creek Nation, had been to treat of an Alliance 
With the new^ Colony. The Lower Creeks are a Nation 
of Indians, who formerly confifted of ten, but now 
reduced to eight, Tribes, who have each their different 
Government, but are allied together, and fpeak the fame 
Language. Hiey claim from the Savannah River as far 
as St. Augujlin and up Flint River, which falls into 
the Bay of Mexico. Pomochichi, Mico, and the Indians 
of Tammacraw were of the Creek Nation and Language. 
Mr, Oglethorpe received the Indians in one of the 
new Houfes. Hiey were as follows : From the Tribe of 
Coweeta, Tahan Lakee, their King or Mico, EJfahoo, their 
Warrior, the Son of Old Brim, lately dead ; whom the 
Spaniards called Emperor of the Creeks, with eight Men 
and two Women Attendants. From the Tribe of Cuf- 
fetas, Cujfeta, their Mico, Patchiquatchi, their Head 
Warrior, with four Attendants. From the Tribe of 
Owfeecheys, Ogeefe, the Mico or War King j Neath- 
louthko and Ougachi two chief Men, with three Attend- 
ants. From the Tribe of Cheechaws, Outhleteboa, their 
Mico, Phlautho-thlukee, Figeer, Sootamilla, War Cap- 
tains, with three Attendants. From the Tribe of Echetas, 
Chutaheeche and Robin, two War Captains (the latter 
was bred among the Englijh) with four Attendants. 
From the IT ribe of Polachucolas, Gillattee, their Head 
Warrior, and five Attendants. From the Tribe of 
Oconas, Oueekachumpa, called by the Englijh Long Ring, 
Koowoo, a Warrior. From the Tribe of Eujaule, Po- 
maumi. Head Warrior, and three Attendants. 
The Indians being all feated, Oueekachumpa, a very 
tall old Man, flood, and made a Speech, which was in- 
terpreted by Mr. Wiggan and Mr. Mujgrove, and was to 
the following Purpofe : He firft claimed all the I.ands 
to the Southward of the River Savannah, as belonging 
to the Creek Indians. They then faid, though they were 
but poor and ignorant, he that had given the Englijh 
Breath had given them Breath alfo. That he that had 
made both had given more Wifdom to the White Men. 
That they were perfuaded that the great Power which, 
dwelt in Heaven, and all around, (and then he fpread 
out his Hands and lengthened the Sound of his Words) 
and which hath given Breath to ail Men, had fent the 
Englijh thither, for the Inftrudlion of them, their Wives 
and Children : That, therefore, they gave them up free- 
ly their Right to all the Land they did not ufe them- 
felves. That this was not only his Opinion, but the 
Opinion of the eight Towns of the Creeks, each of whom 
having confulted together, had fent fome of their chief 
Men with Skins, which is their Wealth. 
Then the chief Men brought a Bundle of Buck-Skins, 
and laid eight from the eight Towns before Mr. Ogle- 
thorpe. He faid thefe were the beft Things they had, 
and that they gave them with a good Heart. He con- 
cluded with thanking him for hisKindnefs to Pomochichi, 
Mico, and his Indians, to whom he faid he was related, 
and though Pomochichi was baniftied from his Nation, 
that he was a good Man, and had been a great Warrior ; 
and it was for his Wifdom and Juftice that the banifhed 
Men had chofe him King, He alfo faid, that he had 
heard that the Cherokees had killed fome Englijhmen, and 
that if Mr. Oglethorpe would command them, they 
would enter their whole Force into the Cherokee Country, 
deftroy their Harveft, kill the People, and revenge the 
Englijh. When he had done Ipeaking, Pomochichi came 
in with the Tammacraw Indians, and making a low Obei- 
fance, faid, I was a banifhed Man, and I came here poor 
and helplefs to look for good Land near the Tombs of 
my Anceftors, and when the Englijh came to this Place 
I feared you would drive us away j for we were weak 
and wanted Corn. But you confirmed our Land to us, 
and gave us Food. Then the Chiefs of the other Nation 
made Speeches to the fame Purpofe as Oueekachumpahs, 
After which they agreed with Mr. Oglethorpe on a 
Treaty of Alliance and Commerce, which was figned by 
him and them. A laced Coat, a laced Hat, and a Shirt, 
were given to each King, and to each of the Warriors a 
Gun, a Mantle of Duffils, and to all their Attendants 
coarfe Cloth for cloathing, and other things. The Arti- 
cles of Agreement were, I, The Truftees agreed to let 
their People carry into the Indian Towns all Sorts of 
Goods fitting to Trade at Rates and Prices fettled by the 
Fieaty. II. Reftitution and Reparation to be made for 
Injuries on both Sides, and Criminals to be tried and pu- 
nifhed 
