Chap. Ill of the ENGLISH in AMERICA. 535 
-pacho^ and the chief Men of theTown of Polachuchulas^ 
“ Kolatto, chief V/ar-Captain, and other chief Men 
‘‘ and Warriors ; being Deputies, fent with full Powers 
“ to conclude all Things neceffary for the faid Town. 
“ TawmawmSy Mico of the UfawleSy with feveral other 
chief Men and Warriors ; being Deputies fent with 
“ full Powers to conclude all Things neceffary for the 
1“ faid Town. Metalchekoy War-Captain of xh'cEcheteeSy 
;♦< with feveral other chief Men and Warriors j being 
I Deputies fent with full Powers to conclude all Things 
^ for the faid Town. Neathackloy chief Man of Ocfa- 
|t‘ cbeesy with feveral other chief Men and Warriors, 
i t‘ fent with full Powers to conclude all Things, for the 
faid Town. Occullavechey chief Man of the ChecawSy 
with feveral other chief Men and Warriors ; being 
Deputies fent with full Powers to conclude all Things 
“ for the faid Town. Howanawge Phalackoy chief Man 
of the OxmulgeSy with feveral other chief Men and 
Warriors; being Deputies fent with Powers to con-,, 
elude all Things for the faid Town. The Mico, or 
I “ chief King, ot the OccouySy with feveral chief Men and 
Warriors, having full Powers to conclude all Things 
i“ for the faid Town. Nealhocloy a fecondchief Man of 
! “ the Swales y with feveral other chief Men and Warriors; 
being Deputies fent with full Powers to conclude all 
' “ Things for the faid Town. The faid Eftates being 
folemnly held, and opened at the great Square in the 
Town of CowetUy and adjourned from thence to the 
“ Town Cujfitas ; and the Deputies having drank black 
i ‘‘ Drink together, according to the ancient Cuftom of 
‘ their Nation (being a religious Form, tranfmitted down 
! by their Anceftors) the v/hole Eftates declared, by a 
“ general Confent, without one Negative, that they ad- 
“ hered in their ancient Love to the King of Great 
Britairiy and to their Agreements made in the Year 
one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-three, with the 
\ “ Truftees for eftablifhing the Colony of Georgia in 
. America ; a Counter-part of which Agreement was 
then delivered to each Town,; and the Deputies of 
the feveral Towns produced the fame; and farther 
! declared. That all the Dominions, Territories and 
j “ Lands, from the River Savannahy to the River St. 
“ John’s, and all the Iflands between the faid Rivers ; 
and from the River St.John’s to the Bay Appallachoy 
! “ within which is 2i\\i\iQ Appallache old Fields ; and from 
i “ the faid Bay of Appallache, to the Mountains ; doth 
I “ by ancient Right belong to the Creek Nation, and 
f they have maintained Poffeffion of the faid Right, 
; ‘‘ againft all Oppofers by War ; and can fhew the Heaps 
t “ of Bones of their Enemies ftain by them, in Defence 
f of the faid Lands. And the^ faid Eftates further de- 
I dare, that the Creek Nation hath, for Ages, had the 
i “ Protedion of the Kings and Queens of Englandy and 
j that the Spaniards, nor no other Nation, have any 
I Right to any of the faid Lands, and that they will 
I not fuffer them, or any other Perfon, except the 
I Truftees for eftabiifhing the Colony of Georgia in 
; America, to fettle on the faid Lands. And they do 
I “ acknowledge, by the Grant they have already made 
“ to the Truftees for eftablffhing a Colony of Georgia 
“ in America, all the Lands upon the Savannah River, 
“ as far as the River Ogeeche ; and all the Lands along the 
i “ Sea Coaft, as far as the River St. John’s, and as high 
; “ as the Tide flows, and all the Iflands as far as the faid 
I “ River, particularly the Iflands of Frederica, Cumber- 
' “ land, and Amelia, ^ to which they have given the 
Names of his Majefty’s Family, out of Gratitude to 
■ “ him. But they declare, that they did and do referve 
■ “ to the Creek Nation, all the Land from Pipemakes 
‘‘ Bluff, to Havanna and the Iflands of St. Catharina, 
“ OffebaWy and Sappalo. And they further declare, 
; That the faid Lands are held by the Creek Nation as 
“ Tenants in common. And the faid Commiffioner 
i doth declare. That the Englijh Ihall not enlarge, or 
I “ take up any other Lands except thefe granted as above 
1 by the Creek Indian Nation, to the Truftees: And 
|- “ doth promife and covenant. That he will punifh any 
I “ Perfon that fhail intrude upon the faid Lands which 
I the Creek Nation hath referved, as above. Given 
“ under my Hand and Seal this aift Day b? Augujii al 
the CowetapLOwn, 1739. 
James OglethorpCi 
At this Diftance, it is a very difficult, if not imprac- 
ticable, Thing, to give the Reader a clear and dillinht 
Intelligence of the Difficulties furmoiinted, and the Ad- 
vantages acquired by Mr. Oglethorpe’ s Journey,- and his 
Succefs in concluding this Alliance : We will, however, 
endeavour to reprefent them as clearly and as fully as we' 
can. In the firft place, his making fuch a Journey as 
this, gained him a great Reputation with the Indians ; 
impreffed upon them Sentiments of deep Refpedl for the 
Englijh^ and of particular Affedtion for the Colony 
of Georgia. At the fame time it ftruck the French with 
Amazement ; fome of their Governors of Canada had 
indeed made confiderable Journeys from ppuebec, in or- 
der to confer with the Indians, and to conclude Treaties 
with them ; but then they always thought it requifite 
to be well attended, and never made thefe Excurfions 
but at the Head of a confiderable Body of regular 
Troops. Whereas General Oglethorpe had no fuch 
Attendants, but relied entirely on the good Faith of the 
Indians, and of his own Behaviour towards them. He knew 
the Confequence of their living in fincere Amity with the 
Englijh ; and he was willing to run any perfonal Hazard 
neceffary to eftablifli it. In fliort, he found it requifite 
for the Welfare of the Colony which he had fettled, that 
they fhould be able to place an intire Confidence in the 
Indians, and the Indians in them ; which reciprocal 
Confidence he aftually procured, by repofing himfelf 
entirely on their Faith ; and by the Treaty that he con- 
cluded with them. 
His coming to the Coweta Town diffipated all their 
Fears, and extinguilhed all their Jealoufies ; they told 
him fo fairly in their firft Conferences. They faid it had 
been infinuated to them, that he was come into that 
Country to deprive them of their Land ; and that they 
had been affured, he was adlually preparing to invade 
them ; but they were now convinced that thefe were all 
Falflioods and Calumnies ; that he really meant them all 
the Good they could expedb ; and that inftead of injur- 
ing them by the Settlement he was making, it would 
prove a new Security to them, as well as to the Englijh 5 
and put it out of the Power of their common Enemies to 
hurt either. For which Reafon they were, on their Parts^ 
ready to do all that he could expedt from them, and were 
perfedtly fatisfied that he would perform his Engagements 
towards them, with the like Pundluality. There is no 
Wonder therefore, if xF&French were exceffively alarmed 
on the News of this Conference, and of the Alliance 
which General Oglethorpe had concluded ; fince they 
could cohfider it in no other light, than as the firft Step 
to a general Confederacy with all the Indian Nations that 
had met at, or fent Deputies to, the CowetaFontn ; from 
whence they forefaw many and great Inconveniencs to 
themfelves ; for, in the firft Place, this new Treaty with 
the Creeks, defeated all the Meafures they had been 
taking, unravelled all their Defigns, and connedted that 
Nation more clofely than ever with the Englijh, which 
in itfelf was a very great and unlocked for Difappoint- 
ment. 
But that was not all, they clearly comprehended that 
by this Means we fhould not only keep our old Friends, 
but draw off alfo fome of theirs. Of all the Nations that 
bordered upon them, they are moft afraid of the Chic^ 
kefaws, whom they look upon as the fierceft and braveft 
Race of Indians in America, with whom they have never 
been upon good Terms, more efpecially fince the Year 
1731, when they difeovered, or pretended to difeover, a 
Defign they had formed, to furprife and deftroy all their 
advanced Settlements. They were alfo in a very great 
Fear of \\\^Cho5laws, or as the French call them F cholias, 
both becaufe they are a very numerous Nation, and are 
fo fituated as to be able, at any time, to difturb and 
difquiet their Settlements. But it foon appeared by Ex- 
perience, that the new Treaty operated fuccefsfully, fince 
.the Governor of New Fork, having, given Information 
to Colonel Bull, of Carolina, of the March of a Body of 
French 
