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Joel Chandler Harris. Stories Of Georgia
Stories Of Georgia
Table of Contents
PREFACE
STORIES OF GEORGIA
A SEARCH FOR TREASURE
OGLETHORPE AND HIS GENTLE COLONY
THE EMPRESS OF GEORGIA
THE LIBERTY BOYS
A GROUP OF CHARACTERS
AUNT NANCY HART
TWO SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION
A WAR OF EXTERMINATION
A NEGRO PATRIOT
THE YAZOO FRAUD
GEORGE MATTHEWS AND JOHN CLARKE
AFTER THE REVOLUTION
THE COTTON GIN
SOME GEORGIA INVENTIONS
THE EARLY PROGRESS OF THE STATE
THE CREEKS AND THE CREEK WAR
TWO FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS
REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEES
THE BEGINNING OF PARTIES IN GEORGIA
A QUEER CASE
GEORGIA WIT AND HUMOR
SLAVERY AND SECESSION
THE FARMER BOY OF GADDISTOWN
GEORGIA IN THE WAR
A DARING ADVENTURE
THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
"THE NEW SOUTH"
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Joel Chandler Harris
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Providence favored Oglethorpe in this matter. He had to deal with an Indian chief full of years, wisdom, and experience. This was Tomochichi, who was at the head of the Yamacraws. From this kindly Indian the Georgia Colony received untold benefits. He remained the steadfast friend of the settlers, and used his influence in their behalf in every possible way, and on all occasions. Although he was a very old man, he was strong and active, and of commanding presence. He possessed remarkable intelligence; and this, added to his experience, made him one of the most remarkable of the Indians whose names have been preserved in history. There was something of a mystery about him that adds to the interest which his active friendship for the whites has given to his name. He belonged to the tribe of Lower Creeks; but for some reason or other, he, with a number of his tribemen, had been banished. The cause of his exile has never been made known; but at this late day it may be guessed that he became disgusted with the factional disputes among the Creeks, and sought in another part of the territory the peace and repose to which his years of service had entitled him; and that when he had taken this step, the factions which he had opposed succeeded in having him banished. Some such theory as this is necessary to account for the tributes that were paid to his character and influence by the Creek chiefs who assembled at Savannah to make a treaty with Oglethorpe. Tomochichi was ninety-one years old when the Georgia Colony was founded, and he had gathered about him a number of disaffected Creeks and Yemassees, known as the tribe of the Yamacraws. When the Creeks came to Savannah to meet Oglethorpe, the greatest of their chiefs said that he was related to Tomochichi, who was a good man, and had been a great warrior.
Thus, with Oglethorpe to direct it, and with Tomochichi as its friend, the little Georgia Colony was founded, and, as we shall see, thrived and flourished.
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