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DIVISION OF THE ANNALS.

PERIOD V.

PERIOD VI.

VOL. II.

PART II.-BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES.

From the Settlement of Georgia, in 1732, to the Peace of Paris, in 1763.

From the Peace of Paris, in 1763, to the Declaration of Independence, in 1776.

PERIOD 1.

PERIOD II.

PART III.-THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

From the Declaration of Independence, in 1776, to the Federal
Government, in 1789.

From the Commencement of the Federal Government, in 1789,
to the Completion of the Fiftieth Year of the Independence
of the United States, in 1826.

To be added to the Catalogue of Authors.

The History of America, in Universal History, xxxviii-xli. 8vo. 1764.

Lond. 1763,

Wynne's General History of the British Empire in America. Svo. 2 vols. Lond.

1770.

N. B. Next page, read PERIOD V.

AMERICAN ANNALS.

PART II.

BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES.

PERIOD VI.

FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF GEORGIA, IN 1733, TO THE
PEACE OF PARIS, IN 1763.

1733.

THE trustees of Georgia lost no time in the prosecution of J. Ogletheir design for planting a colony. James Oglethorpe, esquire, co thorpe setone of the trustees, had embarked at Gravesend for Georgia, in ony in November, with 116 persons, destined for settlement in the Georgia. country. On the 15th of January he arrived at Charlestown, where he was treated with hospitality and respect by the governor and council of South Carolina, and received great encouragement and assistance.1 Arriving on the 1st of February at Yamacraw, on the Savannah river, he explored the country, and fixed on a high spot of ground, in the vicinity of that Indian town, as the most convenient and healthful situation for the settlers.

2

The

1 The general assembly, at governor Johnson's motion, voted, that Oglethorpe should be furnished, at the public expense, with 104 head of breeding cattle, 25 hogs, and 20 barrels of good rice; and, beside a small craft to carry these supplies, sent the scout boats, and a body of rangers, to protect the adventurers from the insults of the Indians. Univ. Hist. xl. 440. Wynne, ii. 268, 302.

2 My authorities do not expressly say this; but, comparing the historical accounts with my own observations in Georgia, I presume to say, Savannah was laid out near Yamacraw. In the suburbs of Savannah there is a section, called to this day by that name.

1733. tents were set up that night; and the people were occupied until the 7th in unloading and making a crane. Oglethorpe then employed some of them in erecting a fortification, and in felling the woods, while he marked out the town and common. The first house was begun on the 9th; and the town, after the Indian name of the river, which ran by it, was called Savannah. The fort being completed, the guns mounted, and the colony put in a state of safety, the next object of Oglethorpe's attention was, to treat with the Indians for a share of their possessions. The territory was principally occupied by the Upper and Lower Creeks, who were computed to amount to about 25,000, men, women, and children; and these tribes, according to a treaty formerly made with governor Nicholson, laid claim to the lands lying southwest of Savannah river. The tribe of Indians at Yamacraw was inconsiderable. It appeared therefore of the highest consequence to procure the friendship, not of that tribe only, but of the more formidable Creeks. By the assistance of an Indian woman, who had married a trader from Carolina, and who could speak both the English and Creek languages, Oglethorpe summoned a general meeting of the chiefs, to hold a congress with him at Savannah, in order to procure their consent to the peaceable settlement of his colony.

Indian congress and treaty.

A congress was accordingly holden, at which 50 chieftains were present. Oglethorpe represented to them the great power, wisdom, and wealth of the English; and the many advantages that would accrue to Indians in general from a connexion with that nation; and expressed his hope, that, as they had a plenty of lands, they would freely resign a share of them to his people, who, for their benefit and instruction, had come to settle_among them. After he had distributed presents among the Indians, an agreement was made; and Tomochichi, in the name of the Creek warriors, made a speech to him. Among other observations, he said, "Here "Here is a little present," and then gave him a buffalo's skin, painted on the inside with the head and feathers of an eagle, and desired him to accept it, "because the eagle signified speed, and the buffalo, strength. The English," he proceeded," are as swift as the bird, and as strong as the beast; since, like the first, they fly from the utmost parts of the earth over the vast seas, and, like the second, nothing can withstand them. The feathers of the eagle are soft, and signify love; the buffalo's skin warm, and signifies protection; he hoped, therefore, that they would love and protect their little families." Oglethorpe, having concluded this treaty of friendship with the natives,

1 For raising their goods, doubtless, up the steep and lofty bank on which the town stands; an elevation of 40 feet. This bank, "on the edge of the town," was then called Yamacraw-bluff. McCall, Hist. Georgia, i. 245.