Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe by Thaddeus Mason Harris
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"I send you a copy of the resolution of the Assembly of Carolina, and
the Governor and Council's letter to me.[1] [Footnote 1: Appendix, No. X.] "Mr. Whitaker has given us one hundred head of cattle. Colonel Bull, Mr. Barlow, Mr. St. Julian, and Mr. Woodward are come up to assist us, with some of their servants. "I am so taken up in looking after a hundred necessary things, that I write now short, but shall give you a more particular account hereafter. "A little Indian nation, the only one within fifty miles, is not only in amity, but desirous to be subjects to his Majesty King George, to have lands given them among us. Their chief, and his beloved man, who is the second in the nation, desire to be instructed in the Christian religion."[1] [Footnote 1: "The _beloved man_ is a person of much consequence. He maintains and exercises great influence in the state, particularly in military affairs, their Senate, or Council, never determining an expedition or treaty without his consent and assistance." BOUDINOT, _Star in the East_, p. 202.] Realizing how important it was to obtain the consent of the natural proprietors of the region, to the settlement of his colony here, and how desirable to be on good terms with those in the vicinity, he sought for an interview with Tomo Chichi, the Mico, or chief of a small tribe who resided at a place called Yamacraw, three miles up the |
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