When General James Oglethorpe and his settlers landed in February 1733, he knew he needed to make friends with the Indian tribes or risk war. Among Oglethorpe's entourage was Mary Musgrove, daughter of a Creek mother and an English father, who served as interpreter between the general and the chief. Tomochichi had contact with English colonists, and he wasn't afraid of the Europeans. He gave Oglethorpe permission to build Savannah in order to trade with the settlers. One year after Oglethorpe's arrival, the Indian chief went with Oglethorpe to England along with a small number of family and Lower Creek tribesmen. He politely followed English customs in his public appearances while pushing for demands for education and fair trade. Upon his return to Georgia, Tomochichi met with other Lower Creek chieftains to convince them of the honesty of these new Englishmen and convince them to fight with the English.
HA! Tomochichi in his innocence, I hope, made a big mistake in convincing Lower Creek chieftans of the HONESTY of these new Englishmen. Later, when they were being forced off their lands, it was declared by the "honest invaders" that the tribes had CEDED their land. Who believes in that fairy tale anymore?
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