FROM } } THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF 1733, GEORGIA BY OGLETHORPE, то THE PEACE OF PARIS, WHICH (1763. CLOSES THE FRENCH WAR. CHAPTER I. Georgia and Carolina engaged in war with the Spaniards of 1. OGLETHORPE prepared for the settlement of PT. IL Georgia, by the assistance of a corporation, consisting P'D. IIL of twenty-one persons, who were called "Trustees CH. 1. for settling and establishing the Colony of Georgia." 21 He embarked in November, 1732, with one hundred and sixteen emigrants for America. trustees. 2. Large sums of money had been subscribed, which Supplica were applied to the purchase of clothing, food, arms, how fur agricultural utensils, and transportation for such indi- nished gent persons as should be willing to cross the Atlantic, and begin a new settlement. 1. Whose assistance had Oglethorpe? At what time did he embark? With how many?-2. For what purposes was money raised? 148 P'D. III. FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN GEORGIA. P'T. II. 3. The company arrived at Yamacraw Bluff, afterwards Savannah, on the first of February, 1733. Here Oglethorpe built a fort. His next care was to have a Feb. 1. good understanding with his neighbors, the powerful 1733. chiefs of the Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, and ChickOgle- asaws. Oglethorpe invited them to meet him in a arrives. general council at Savannah. By means of an interCouncil preter, he made them the most friendly professions, of chiefs. which they reciprocated; and these amicable dispositions passed into a solemn treaty. thorpe 50 acres 4. Georgia was soon increased by five or six hundred emigrants; but most were idle, and many vicious. In order to procure a more efficient population, eleven given to townships of 20,000 acres each, were laid out on the settler. Savannah, Altamaha, and Santee rivers, and divided into lots of fifty acres each. One of these was to be given to every actual settler. each Scotch 5. This arrangement proved so attractive, that a large number of emigrants soon arrived. Highlanders and from Scotland, built the town of Inverness, afterwards Germans. Darien, on the Altamaha; and Germans, a town which they called Ebenezer, on the Savannah. 6. The charter granted to the trustees of Georgia, vested in them, powers of legislation for twenty-one 1736. years; and they now proceeded to establish regulations Civil for the government of the province, in which the intement. rests of humanity were regarded, more than those of trade. govern builds 7. In 1736, Oglethorpe erected three forts, one on the Savannah, at Augusta; another called Frederica, in Og. the vicinity of the Scotch settlement on the island of 3 forts. St. Simons; and a third, named Fort William, on Cumberland island. The Spaniards remonstrated, and insisted on the evacuation of the country, as far as the thirty-third degree of north latitude. 3. Where and when did the company arrive? What was first done? What was Oglethorpe's next care? What powerfu nations sent their chiefs to the council? What was done at the council?-4. How was the settlement increased? What was done to procure a more efficient population? -5. What effect had this arrangement? What town was built by Scotch Highlanders? What by Germans?-6. What was done in relation to government? 7. What three forts did Oglethorpe next build? What ground was taken by the Spaniards? OGLETHORPE. 149 8. Oglethorpe about this time returned to England. P'T. II. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the British P'D. III. forces in Carolina and Georgia, and sent back with a CH. I. regiment of six hundred men. unsuc 9. England, having declared war, Oglethorpe twice invaded Florida. His second expedition proved wholly 1740 unsuccessful, and produced the unfortunate results of an increase of the public debt, and a temporary distrust cessful. between the people and their general. The same year, Charleston, in South Carolina, was destroyed by fire. To relieve the sufferers, the British parliament gener- burned. ously voted £20,000. Charles ton invaded 10. In May, 1742, a fleet was sent from Havanna, from which, debarked a Spanish army at St. Simons. 1742. Oglethorpe had collected troops and posted himself at June. Frederica. He was not in sufficient force openly to Georgia attack the enemy; but was himself attacked by a by the party of Spaniards. His troops, particularly the High-ards. landers, under Captain McIntosh, fought bravely— repulsed, and slew two hundred of the enemy at "the Bloody Marsh." Span gem them 11. Oglethorpe next attempted to surprise the invaders, by marching to attack their camp in the night. A traitor, who discharged his gun, and then ran into the Spanish lines, defeated his plan. But Oglethorpe A stratamade the Spaniards believe, by a stratagem, that the makes soldier was sent to them by him, to advise them to remain. Some ships from South Carolina appearing in sight, the Spaniards thought they were going to fall into a trap; and they embarked in such haste, that their artillery, provisions, and military stores, fell into the hands of the Georgians. retire. 12. Georgia, in its early settlement, was distin- Charaoguished by the peculiar humanity in which it was ter of Oglefounded. Oglethorpe "sought not himself, but others;" thorpe. 8. What appointment had Oglethorpe ?-9. What two expeditions did he undertake? What bad results occurred? What misfortune happened to Charleston? What generous act is recorded here? 10. Give an account of the Spanish invasion? Who repulsed the Spaniards?- 11. By what stratagem were they induced to retire?-12. What was the conduct of Ogle. thorpe ? 150 THE OLD FRENCH WAR. PT. II. and, for ten years, he gave his disinterested services without claiming so much as a cottage or a farm. F:D. III. Whit the two 13. The eloquent Whitfield, with the two Wesleys the three founders of the sect of Methodists, sympafield and thized with Oglethorpe in his benevolence; and each Wes spent some time in America, assisting him in his enley's. terprise. Whitfield founded, near Savannah, a house for orphans. In 1752, the Trustees, wearied with a troublesome and profitless charge, resigned their office, Georgia. and Georgia became a royal province. Trustees of 14. Louisiana, after having been for fourteen years. under a company of avaricious speculators, formed at Paris, reverted to the French monarch; and Bienville was appointed governor. He found the Chickasaws very troublesome, as they favored the English, rather 1732. than the French. The Natchez, under their influence, The had committed murders, for which the whites had de- wholly destroyed them. Bienville ascended the Tomstroyed. becbee to attack the Chickasaws. He was to be aided Natchez The Chicka- by a French army from the Illinois. aws de- and the Chickasaws destroyed them. stroy a They came first, When Bienville French arrived, he found the Indians more than a match for army. his force, and immediately retired down the stream. CHAPTER II. Old French War-Capture of Louisburg.—French and English. claims to the Basin of the Mississippi. 1. IN 1744, war was again proclaimed between England and France. Louisburg, the capital of the island of Cape Breton, had been fortified with great care and expense, and was called, from its strength, the Dunkirk of America; while, from its position, it com 13. What eminent ministers of the gospel were with him? What change was made in 1752-14. Under whom had Louisina been? To whom did it revert? Whom did he appoint? Give n account of the attack upon the Chickasaws, and its result. CHAPTER II.-1. In what year was the "Old French War? What can you say of Louisburg? |