The history of Georgia, Volume I, Part 56

Author: Jones, Charles Colcock, 1831-1893
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Number of Pages: 1172


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Sanchez, Don Francisco del Moral, 240. Savannah. Arrival of the colonists at, 120. Their early labors in, 121. Ogle- thorpe's description of, 122, 126. A South Carolina gentleman's impres- sions of, 127-129. Public garden in, 129, 222-224. Arrival of the ship James at, 146. Wards, tithings, streets, and square of, laid off and named, 149, 150. Assignment of town lots, garden lots, and farms to the inhabitants of, 151, 156-161. Arrival of Hebrew colonists at, 152-155. Arrival of the Salzburgers, 167. Baron von Reck's description of, 170. Francis Moore's description of, 218-224. Conference with the chiefs of the Creek Indians at, 265. Ogle- thorpe's representation of the condition of, 272. Rev. John Wesley's impres- sions of, 285, 320. Burial of Tomo-


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chi-chi in, 321. Vineyard in, 378. Hostile demonstration in, by Mary Bos- omworth and a large retinue of In- dians, 394-399. Establishment of the commercial house of Harris & Haber- sham in, 430. Meeting of the first Pro- vincial Assembly in, 435-437. Arrival and welcome of Governor Reynolds in, 469. His impressions of, 469. Scheme to remove the seat of government from, to Hardwicke, 471, 472. Defenseless condition of, 505. Arrival in, and wel- come, of Lieutenant-Governor Henry Ellis, 516. Legislation in regard to, 529, 530. Conference with Creeks at, 537, 538. Heat at, 540. Health of, 541. Savannah County, 416.


Savannah River, dispute in regard to the navigation of, 256.


Savannah Town, 216, 217.


Scenauki, 174, 216.


Scotch immigration, 200, 201.


Scout-boats, 225.


Sculpture, primitive, 22.


Seal, corporate, of the colony of Georgia, 97. Under royal governors, 462.


Selina, Countess Dowager of Hunting- don, 414.


Seminole Indians, 2.


Sepulchral caves, 20.


Servile insurrection in South Carolina, 299.


Shell heaps, 53.


Shell ornaments, 31, 32.


Siege of St. Augustine, 327-335. Causes of the failure of the, 334.


Signal stations, 16.


Silk culture in Georgia, 97, 190, 272, 371-374. Bonus for the encourage- ment of, 433, 532.


Silver Bluff, 55.


Skidoway Island, 147, 226.


Skidoway. Narrows, mancheeolas fort at, 14S.


Slavery in Georgia prohibited, 110-112. Magistrates and citizens of Savannah petition for its introduction, 302-304. Protests from the Highlanders at Da- rien and the Salzburgers at Ebenezer, 304-307. Oglethorpe's views on the subject, 308. Response of the Trustces, 310. Their refusal to permit the use of negro slaves a mistake, 312, 419. The introduction and use of negro slaves advocated by Whitefield, 402, 405. The


law prohibiting the introduction of, evaded, 420. President and assistants petition for the introduction and use of negro slaves in Georgia, 422. Favor- able response of the Trustees, 422-425. Negro slavery allowed, 423-426. Leg- islative cnactments for the regulation of negro slaves in Georgia, 480-485.


Slaves, negro, in Carolina, 300. Sola bills, 429.


Soldiers' Fort, 261. Communication opened with Frederica, 262.


Soto, Hernando de, his expedition through the territory embraced within the present limits of Georgia, 37-66.


South Carolina, letter of the governor and council of, to Oglethorpe, 123. Resolutions of the General Assembly of, 124. Aid extended by, to Georgia, 125. General Assembly of, addressed by Oglethorpe, 129, 130. Memorial of the governor and assembly of, to the king, 191. Conference with a commit- tce from, in regard to the Indian trade, 253-255. Negro insurrection in, 298- 300. Assistance furnished by, in the expedition against St. Augustine, 326, 327. Conduct of the troops from, dur- ing the siege of St. Augustine, 332, 333. Refuses to assist in the defense of St. Simon's Island, 343, 345. Attempt to subordinate Georgia to, 425, 426. Ob- jections to annexiug Georgia to, 437, 438.


Sonthern boundary line of Carolina un- determined, 68, 69.


Southern Indians, physical characteris- tics of the, 3-5, 11. Antiquities of the, 5-33.


Spalding, Hon. Thomas, 261, 319, 337, 339.


Spangenberg, Rev. Gottlieb, 192, 217.


Spaniards demand an evacuation of all territory south of St. IIelena Sound, 255. Excite servile insurrections in Carolina, 300. Outrage by, on Amelia Island, 323. Attempt tlic destruction of Georgia, 343-358.


Spanish commissioners, reception of, 248- 252.


Spanish duplicity, 241.


Spanish forces present at the siege of St. Augustine, 328. Concentrated for the capture of St. Simon's Island, 344, 359.


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Statues in the temple at Talomeco, 51, 52. Stephens, Colonel William, 252, 271, 301, 313. Deputy-general of Georgia, 362. Appointed president of the county of Savannah, 370, 371. Describes vineyard in Savannah, 378, 394. His address to the Creeks in Savannah, 397, 406. Appointed president of Georgia, 417. Sketch of him, 417. His letter to the Trustees, 421.


Stevens, Rev Dr. William B., 514.


Stokes, Chief Justice, 466.


Stone graves, 20.


Stone piles, 20.


Suasso, Salvador, and Da Costa, im- proper conduct of, in sending Hebrew colonists to Savannah, 152-155.


Sufferings of De Soto's command, 43, 44. Suicide of an Indian guide, 49.


Sunbury, the town of, its location, 496- 498. Its name, 498. Plan of, 499. Trustees of, 497-499. Declared a port of entry, 499. Its rapid development and trade, 500, 501. A battery erected at, 530.


Sunday-school, first, in Georgia, 286.


Sun-dial, erection of a, in Savannah, 150. Symond and the London Merchant, 204,


207, 225. Improper conduct of the captains of the, 227.


TAIL male, grants in, 106-112. Tailfer, Dr. Patrick, 308, 309. Talomeco, 8, IS. Temple at, 51-53. Tattooing, 12.


Tax for ecclesiastical purposes, 526. Temples for sun-worship, 15.


Terron, Juan, 59. Thorpe, village of, 151.


Thunderbolt, fort at, 147. Toalli, 41.


Tomo-chi-chi, 119, 126. Welcomes Ogle- thorpe and the colonists, 132, 133. Sketch of, 134, 135. Portrait of, 134. Ilis friendship for Oglethorpe, 135, 136. Speech of, 138, 139. Accompanies Oglethorpe to England, 174. Ilis re- ception in London, his entertainment and conduct while there, 175-186. Odc to, 175-178. Ilis address to the king, 178, 179. Interview with the Archbish- op of Canterbury, 180. Visits Eton, Windsor, Hampton Court, the Tower, Greenwich Hospital, etc., 181. Ilis im-


pressions of the grandeur of the British metropolis, 181. Requests that suita- ble regulations be established for the conduct of the Indian traders, 182. Presents received by him, 183. De- parts for Georgia, 183. Effect of his visit, 185-187. Interview with Rev. John Wesley, 215, 216. Furnishes guides, 230. Accompanies Oglethorpe on his southern tour of observation, 233, 246, 248, 264. Conversations with Rev. John Wesley, 281; and with General Oglethorpe, 282. Ilis last ill- ness, death, and burial, 320, 321. A monument duc to him, 321, 322.


Toonahowi, 174, 183, 327, 348, 357.


Treaty of alliance and concession with the Creek Indians, 137-144.


Triebner, Rev. Christopher F., 376. Truncated pyramids, 15.


Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, 88. Charter priv- ileges granted to, 88-95. Common Council of the, 89. Grant of territory, 90-92. Acceptance of the charter by the, 96. Corporate seal adopted, 97. Designs of, made public, 98-100. Reg- ulations promulgated by, 106-112. Su- perintend the first embarkation of col- onists, 113, 116. Letters received by, from Oglethorpe, 122, 125, 126. Ratify a treaty of concession and alliance with the Creek Indians, 141. Grant of ter- ritory to, by the Creeks, 140. Action of, with regard to Hebrew colonists at Savannah, 152-155. Encourage the col- onization of foreign Protestants, 164- 166. Yearly accounts of, 171, 172. In- terest shown by, in ministering to the entertainment of Tomo-chi chi and ret- inne during their stay in London, 182. Their anxiety for the religious instruc- tion of the colonists and natives, 188. Sanction a new settlement to the south, 189. Prohibit the introduction of dis-, tilled liquors and negro slaves into the province of Georgia, 189. Publish their " Rules for the year 1735," 192-198. Encourage cmigration of Highlanders, 200. Petition the Crown for men and munitions, 259. Order an examination into the conduct of Thomas Canston, 267-269. Importuned by the magis- trates and inhabitants of Savannah to eularge the tenure of lands and to per-


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mit the introduction and use of ne- groes, 302-304. Protests received by, from the inhabitants of New Inverness and of Ebenezer, 304-307. Their re- sponse, 310-312. Their refusal to sanc- tion the introduction of negro slav- ery a mistake, 312. Advised by Ogle- thorpe of the condition of the province in 1739, 315. Grant of land to White- field's orphan honse, 403. As late as March, 1748, they still refuse to sanc- tion the use of negro slaves in Georgia, 419. Letter to, from President Ste- phens, 421. Memorialized by the pres- ident and assistants to permit the in- troduction and use of negro slaves in Georgia, 422. Favorable response to the application, 422-425. Consent to the purchase and employment of negro slaves, 426; and to the introduction and use of rum and spirituous liquors, 427. Enlargement of land tenures, 428. Removal of restrictions imposed by them, 428. Their administration of the finances of the province, 429, 430. Re- view of the policy of, 442. Alive to the spiritual welfare of the colonists, 443, 445. Names and occupations of, 443-445. Resolve to surrender their charter, 450. Proceedings upon the surrender, 450-458. Deed of surrender, 458, 459. The corporate existence of, terminates, 459.


Tybee light-house, 148, 207, 530. .


UCHEES, 2. Union Society of Savannah, 414. Upper House of Assembly, 464. Urlsperger, Rev. Samuel, 166. Urn burial, 19.


VACA, Alvar Nunez, Cabeça de, 34. Vanderdussen, Colonel Alexander, 327, 331-333.


Vega, Garcilasso de la, 51. Velasco, Louis de, 58, 69. Vernon, Admiral, 322, 326. Verrazzano, 34.


Vineyard of Abraham de Lyon, 377, 378. Voyages, early, 34.


WALPOLE, Sir Robert, 322. War between England and Spain, 320. Warren, Captain, 330, 331.


Wesley, Rev. Charles, 203, 204. Arrival


at Frederica, 275. His religious views and conduct, 275-278. Misunderstand- ing between General Oglethorpe and himself, 277. The reconciliation, 278. Bids adieu to Georgia, 280. Suggests to the Rev. George Whitefield the ex- pedieney of founding an orphan house in Georgia, 280, 401.


Wesley, Rev. John, engaged as an evan- gelist in Georgia, 203. Advice of Rev. Dr. Burton, 203. Sets out for Georgia, 204. Anecdote of, 206. Describes Old Ebenezer, 210. His description of New Ebenezer, 213. Interview with Tomo- chi-chi, 215, 216. Intentions in coming to Georgia, 280. Conversations with Tomo-chi-chi, 281. Conference with the Chicasaw chiefs, 283-285. His early impressions of Savannah, 285. Prayer- meetings at his parsonage, 286. Affec- tion for the Moravians, 286. A censor morum. His health and labors, 288. Trouble with Miss Sophia Hopkins and the Canstons, 288-296. Arrested, 289. Charges preferred against him, 291, 292. Dissent of certain members of the grand jury, 292-294. Leaves Georgia, 295. His triumphant death, 296, 401. Whitefield, Rev. George, 260, 359, 400. Arrives in Georgia, 401. Determines to ereet an orphan house in Georgia, 402. His services in that behalf, 402- 415. Advocates the introduction and use of negro slaves, 402, 405. His per- suasive oratory, 406-408. Benjamin Franklin's account of, 406-408. Scheme for enlarging the orphan house and converting it into a " seminary of liter- ature and academical learning," 408. His memorial on this subject, 408, 409. His letter to the Archbishop of Canter- bury, 411. His death, 413. Ilis will, 413. Favored the introduction of ne- gro slaves into Georgia, 422.


Williams, Robert, 308.


Wilson, Rev. Dr., Bishop of Sodor and Man, 185, 187.


Wiltown Church, 299. Wormsloe, 148.


Wright, Honorable James, 410. Suc- ceeds Governor Ellis as governor of Georgia, 543.


VERES, Louis Bravo de, 64. Xualla, 58.


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YAHOU-LAKCE, speech of, 139. Yamacraw Bluff, 118. Yemassee Indians defeated by Governor Craven, 76. Yonge, Henry, 461.


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ZINZENDORF, Count, 198. Zion Church, 372. Zouberbuhler, Bartholomew, 525.


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