. Historic towns of the Southern States. on annuallywhiten in the suns and frosts, and to-day morethan one million bales each year are exportedfrom Savannah alone. So two New Englandheroes, Nathanael Greene and Eli Whitney,aided in protecting the people of Georgia froma foreign foe and in building up their com-mercial supremacy. No sketch of colonial Georgia is adequatewhich omits the name of Tomochichi. Thisaged Creek was over ninety years old wdien hewelcomed Oglethorpe to his demesne. Theloyalty of the venerable mico to his whitefriends never faltered. He hailed them wnthall the grace and a
. Historic towns of the Southern States. on annuallywhiten in the suns and frosts, and to-day morethan one million bales each year are exportedfrom Savannah alone. So two New Englandheroes, Nathanael Greene and Eli Whitney,aided in protecting the people of Georgia froma foreign foe and in building up their com-mercial supremacy. No sketch of colonial Georgia is adequatewhich omits the name of Tomochichi. Thisaged Creek was over ninety years old wdien hewelcomed Oglethorpe to his demesne. Theloyalty of the venerable mico to his whitefriends never faltered. He hailed them wnthall the grace and amity of Montezuma, andguarded them against attacks from the tribesof the interior. In his youth a great warrior,Tomochichi in the evening of his life was noted Savannah 507 for his wit, perception and generosity. Whenhe died, the colonists buried him with mihtaryhonors in the pubhc square. Oglethorpe or-dered a pyramid of stones to be erected overhis grave as a testimony of gratitude. It wasonly during the last year that the Georgia So-. THE BURIAL PLACE OF TOMOCHICHL ciety of Colonial Dames of America caused aoranite boulder, rouo-h-hewn from a Geora;iaquarry, to be placed in the square where hisremains are supposed to lie, commemoratinghis noble character and heroic virtues. Hon. Walter G. Carlton, in speaking of thehistory of this city, exclaimed : Beyond the clouds of furnace smoke and back of 3o8 Savannah piers of cotton bales arise the visions of old glories cluster about her honored name ! Fromout her past appears the noble form of him who from thebrilliant old world light and the gay splendor of theEnglish Court sought these untried shores, an exile infair mercys sake, and lent to the struggle of his fellow-men the strength of that genius which sped his famethrough all the fields of Europe ; and with him throughthe shadows of that far-off time comes a dusky figure, aChristian who has never heard of God, a gentleman intowhose guiltless life had never come t
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