Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . hers of an eagle painted on the inside, he said:Here is a little present. The eagle means speed and thebuffalo means strength. The English are as swift as thebird and as strong as the beast. Like the first, they flyfrom the utmost parts of the earth over the vast seas;and, like the second, nothing can withstand them. Thefeathers of the eagle are soft, and mean love; thebuffalos skin is warm, and means protection. Therefore,love and protect our little families. Though a savage,Tomo-chi-chi was both a warrior and a statesman. Hewas far above the avera
Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . hers of an eagle painted on the inside, he said:Here is a little present. The eagle means speed and thebuffalo means strength. The English are as swift as thebird and as strong as the beast. Like the first, they flyfrom the utmost parts of the earth over the vast seas;and, like the second, nothing can withstand them. Thefeathers of the eagle are soft, and mean love; thebuffalos skin is warm, and means protection. Therefore,love and protect our little families. Though a savage,Tomo-chi-chi was both a warrior and a statesman. Hewas far above the average native of the forest in intelli-gent fore-sight; and, fully appreciating the advantages tobe derived from contact with the Enghsh, he was anxiousfor his people to be uplifted. There are many noble andsplendid attributes to be found in the character of thisearliest of the great Georgians.* ?Consult: Historical Sketch of Tomo-ch-chl, Mico of the Yamacraws, byChas. C. Jones, Jr., 1868; also the same authors History of Georgia,Vol. I; i CHAPTER XVII Wormsloe: The Home of Noble Jones NEAR fhe mouth of the Vernon River, at the extremesouthern end of the Isle of Hope, lies the oldestestate in Georgia : Wormsloe. It was formerlythe country-seat of Noble Jones, a companion of the greatOglethoipe on his first voyage to America, and for yearsa distingTiished officer of the Grown. He came into pos-session of the estate in 1733, at which time he gave it thename Which it still bears. Here he built a wooden fort,wiiioh he called Fort Wymberley, placed in such a. posi-tion as to command the inland passage from the Yemonto the Wilmington River. This passage still bears hisname. It was much used by Indians, Spaniards andoutlaws when visiting the South Carolina coast for pur-polses of plunder and to carry off the negro slaves toFlorida. Later he rebuilt it of tabby or manche-colas as the Spaniards called it, with outbuilt port-holesto defend it from escalade. In 1741, he was given a foui
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