33^ Discoveries and S e t t l e m e n t s Book I 
“ the Service of your Majefty, and has lauclibly under- 
“ taken to endeavour the fixing a Garrifon among the 
Upper Creeks j the Expence of which is already in Part 
provided for, in this Sefiion of the general AflTembly 
of this Province. We hope therefore to prevent the 
French from incroaching farther on your Majefty’ s 
Territories, until your Majefty is gracioufiy pleafed 
“ further to ftrengthen and fecure the fame, 
“We find the Cherokee Nation has lately become very 
“ infolent to your Majefty’s Subjefts trading among 
“ them, notwithftanding the many Favours which the 
“ Chiefs of that Nation received from your Majefty 
“ in Great Britain \ befides a confiderable Expence 
“ which, your Majefty’s Subjefts have been at, in mak- 
“ ing them Prefents, which inclines us to believe that 
“ the French, by their Indians, have been tampering with 
“ them. We therefore beg Leave to inform your Ma- 
jefty, that the building and mounting fome Forts alfo 
“ among the Cherokees, and making them Prefents, will 
“ be highly neceffary to keep them fteady in their Duty 
“ to your Majefty, left the French may prevail in fe- 
“ ducing that Nation ; which they may the more readi- 
‘‘ ly be inclined to, from the Profpedt of getting confi- 
“ derable Plunder in Slaves, Cattle, and Commodities, 
“ which they very well know they have among us. Se- 
“ veral other Forts will be indifpenfibly neceffary, to 
“ be a Cover to your Majefty’s Subjects fettled back- 
“ wards in this Province, as alfo to thofe of the Colony 
“ of Georgia, both which in Length are very extenfive. 
“ For though the Truftees for eftabli filing the Colony 
“ of Georgia, by a particular Scheme of good Manage- 
“ ment, faithfully condubted by the Gentleman engaged 
“ here in that charitable Enterprize, have put that 
“ fmall Part of the Colony which he has yet been 
“ able to eftablifii, in a tenable Condition againft the Spa- 
“ niards of Florida, which lye to the Southward yet 
“ the back Expofition of thofe Colonies to the vaft 
“ Num.ber of French and Indians, which border on the 
“ Weftward, muft, in cafe of a War, cry greatly aloud 
“ for your Majefty’s gracious and timely Succour. The 
“ Expence of our Safety on fuch an Occafion, we muft 
“ in all Humility acquaint your Majefty, either for Men 
or Money, can never be effected by your Majefty’s 
“ Subjects of this Province, who, in Conjunblion with 
“ Georgia, do not, in the whole, amount to more than 
“ three thoufand five hundred Men that compofe the Mi- 
“ litia, and wholly confift of Planters, Traders, and 
“ other Men in Bufmefs.” 
There are fome other Paragraphs in this Memorial 
which are ftill more worthy of Notice, and which there- 
fore we fhall give the Reader in the Words thereof. 
“ We muft further beg Leave to inform your Majefty, 
that amidft our other perillous Circumftances, we are 
“ fubjebl to many inteftine Dangers, from the great 
“ Number of Negroes that are now among us, who 
“ amount, at leaft, to twenty-two thoufand Perfons, and 
“ are three to one of all your Majefty’s white Subjebls in 
“ this Province. Infurreblions againft us have been often 
“ attempted, and would at any Time prove very fatal, 
if the French fhould inftigate them by artfully giving 
“ them an Expeblation of Freedom. In fuch a Situa- 
“ tioii we moft humbly crave Leave to acquaint your 
“ Majefty, that even the prefent ordinary Expences, ne- 
ceffary for the Care and Support of this your Majefty’s 
“ Province and Government, cannot be provided for 
“ by your Majefty’s Subjebls of this Province, without 
“ your Majefty’ s gracious Pleafure to continue thofe Laws, 
“ for eftablifhing the Tax on Negroes, and other Duties, 
“ for feven Years, and for appropriating the Laws which 
“ now lie before your Majefty, for your royal Affent and 
“ Approbation ; and the further Expences that will be 
requifite for the erefting fome Forts, and eftablilhing 
“ Garrifons in the feveral neceffary Places, fo as to form 
a Barrier for the Security of this your Majefty’s Pro- 
vince, we moft humbly fubmit to your Majefty. 
“ Your Majefty’s Subjefts of this Province, withFul- 
nefs of Zeal, Duty, and Affeftion, to your moft gra- 
cious and facred Majefty, are fo highly fenfible of the 
“ great Importance of this Province to ih.t French, that 
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“ we muft conceive it more than probable, if a War 
“ fliouid happen, they will ufe all Endeavours to bring 
“ this Country under their Subjeftion. They would 
“ thereby be able to fupply their Sugar Iflands with all 
“ Sorts of Provifions and Lumber, by an eafy Naviga- 
“ tion Trade, v/hich, to our great Advantage, is now 
“ not fo prafticable from the prefent French Colonies : 
“ Befides the Facility of gaining then to their Intereft 
“ moft of the Indian Trade on the Northern Continent, 
“ they might alfo eafily unite the Canadees and ChoElaws, 
“ with the many other Nations of Indians which are now 
“ in their Intereft. And the feveral Ports and Flarbours 
“ of Carolina and Georgia, which now enable your Ma- 
“ jefty to be abfolutely Mafter of the Paffage through the 
“ Gulph of Florida, and to impede, at your Pleafure, the 
“ tranfportation Home of the Spanijh Treafure, would . 
“ then prove fo many convenient Harbours for your ' 
“ Majefty’s Enemies, by their Privateers or Ships of ’ 
“ War, to annoy a great Part of the Britijh Trade to ■ 
“ America, as well as that which is carried on through . 
“ the Gulph from Jamaica, befides the Lofs which . 
“ Great Britain muft feel in fo confiderable a Part of its i 
“ Navigation, as well as the Exports of Mafts, Pitch, 
“ Tar, and Turpentine, which, without any Depend- 
“ ance on the Northern Powers of Europe, are from 
“ hence plentifully fupplied for the Ufe of the Britijh • 
“ Shipping. 
“ This is the prefent State and Condition of your Ma- ■ 
“ jefty’s Province of South Carolina, utterly uncapable ; 
“ of finding Funds fufficient for the Defence of this wide : 
“ Frontier, and fo deftitute of white Men, that even ; 
“ Money itfelf cannot here raife a fufficient Body of 
“ them.” The great Length of this Memorial prevents : 
our making many Remarks thereon ; fome few, how- - 
ever, are abfolutely requifite. 
The Reader will, from hence, fee how well timed, , 
and ho\v well contrived, the new Settlement of Georgia : 
was, in the Opinion of thofe who were the beft Judges ; , 
how juft and how prudent the Precaution of the Truftees i 
in prohibiting Negroes; and how wifely and happily ' 
for the public Service they contrived to fend over, both t 
from our own Country, and other Parts of Europe, white ; 
People, and Proteftants, by which they effeblually pro- • 
vided for the Security of all the Northern Colonies behind 1 
it ; which, whenever this Country comes to be thorough- • 
ly peopled, as it may b? Jn a very few Years Time in Days ; 
of Peace, if due Attention be had thereto, will be fuch a i 
Barrier, as neither Spaniards nor French can ever break ; 
through, and confequently will for ever put an End to > 
thofe Terrors and Apprehenfions, that are fo ftrongly and 1 
fo emphatically expreffed in the foregoing Paper. But to » 
proceed in our Hiftory. 
In the Month of January, 1735, the Highlanders ar- • 
rived in Georgia (and with them feveral of the fame ; 
Country, as Servants to private Grantees). They were ; 
fettled on the Alatamaha River, about fixteen Miles dif- *1 
tant by Water from thelfland oiSt. Simon, which is at the ;l 
Mouth of the River. They foon raifed convenient Huts ; 
till their Houfes could be built ; and the Town, at their :: 
own Defire, was called Darien, which Name that Diftrict : 
ftill retains ; but the Town which they afterwards built : 
they thought fit to call Hevj Invernefs. 
On the 6th of February following the great Embarka- • 
tion, under the Direftion of Mr. Oglethorpe, arrived, and 1 
the People were fettled upon the Ifland of St . Simon. The :! 
Creek Indians who came down upon this Occafion, in 1 
confequence of their claiming a Right to the Country, , 
were treated with, and agreed that the Englijh fhould I 
poffefs that, and all the Hands adjacent, which neceffary r 
Step being taken, the Town of Predericaw^s, foon laid out, , 
and the People fet to work in building Houfes. When 1 
I call this the great Embarkation, it feems but reafona- - 
ble that I fhould exprefs the Number of Perfons fent t 
over, which were four hundred and feventy ; and it is 5 
likewife fit to fay fomething of the Hand upon which \ 
they were fettled. In Point of Situation, a better could i 
hardly be wilhed for in that Part of the World, lying as s 
it does at the Mouth of a very fine River •, the Size of it t 
too was very convenient, being about forty-five Miles in 1 
Extent, ,1 
