. American history:. vessels. Tlie islands thus formed consistmostly of salt marshes, which produce sea island cotton of a superior quality. The coast outhe mainland, to the distance of several miles, is mostly a salt marsh ; beyond which are th»pine barrens, and the ridges of sand hills, similar to vicinity of ;x.\h. those of South Carolina. The Upper Country is ex-tensive table !and, with a black and fertile soil. N<;arthe boundary of Tennessee and Carolina, on the north,the country becomes mountainous. t Savnnnait^ now the largest city, and the principalBeaport of Georgia, i
. American history:. vessels. Tlie islands thus formed consistmostly of salt marshes, which produce sea island cotton of a superior quality. The coast outhe mainland, to the distance of several miles, is mostly a salt marsh ; beyond which are th»pine barrens, and the ridges of sand hills, similar to vicinity of ;x.\h. those of South Carolina. The Upper Country is ex-tensive table !and, with a black and fertile soil. N<;arthe boundary of Tennessee and Carolina, on the north,the country becomes mountainous. t Savnnnait^ now the largest city, and the principalBeaport of Georgia, is situated on the bank of theSavannah Kiver, on a sandy plain forty feet above thelevel of the tide, and seventeen miles from the city is regularly laid out in the form of a par-allelogram, with streets crossing each other at rightangles. Vessels requiring fourteen feet of water comeup to the wharves of the city, and larger vessels toFive Fathom Hole, three miles below the city. (SeeMap.; IIutchinsoTi9^. •OvOJ* Ossm 262 COLONIAL HISTORY. [Book H ANALYSIS. 1. First meet-ing with theIndiana. •2. Character of the earlij settlers. 3. Arrival nfother emi-grants. 4. Regula-tions of thetrustees. 1736. 5. Additionmade to the colony in 1736. a Feb. is. 6. Prepara-tions for war. cation for the defence of the settlers, Oglethorpe invitedthe neighboring Indian chiefs to meet him at Savannah,in order to treat with them for their lands, and establishrelatione of friendship. 4. In June the chiefs of the Creek nation assembled ;—kind feelings prevailed ; and the English were cordially-welcomed to the country. An aged warrior presentedseveral bundles of skins, saying that, although the Indianswere poor, they gave, with a good heart, such things asthey possessed. Another chief presented the skin of abuffalo, painted, on the inside, with the head and feathersof an eagle. He said the English were as swift as theeagle, and as strong as the buffalo; for they flew over vastseas
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