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CHAPTER II.

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Oglethorpe's arrival and reception in Charleston, in Janua-
ry 1733,

His visit to Yamacraw Bluff, where he lays out the town of
Savannah,

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His letters to the trustees,

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Oglethorpe returns to England, and is accompanied by To-
mochichi and his family,

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The Indians return to Georgia,

Tomochichi's speech to the king, and the king's reply,

Regulations for the Indian trade,

The use of ardent spirits prohibited by law,

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Communication opened to Augusta,

Trade with the western Indians,

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Lands forfeited for felony and treason,

Some of the colonists abandon their settlements, and remove

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Oglethorpe returns to Georgia, lays off several towns, and
builds fortifications,

Acquisition of colonists. Rev. John Wesley arrives,
His conduct and character, taken from his journal, by his

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He decamps from Savannah,

▲ sketch of his character, after he was converted,
Oglethorpe's treaty with the governor of East Florida,

Fort George evacuated,

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An unexpected and ineffectual conference with a Spanish
Commissioner,

Oglethorpe embarks for England,

The trustees' petition to the king for military aid to the new
colony,

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A regiment granted. Oglethorpe appointed commander in
chief of Carolina and Georgia,

Justice Causton s dispute with a Carolina trader,
Wesley's extravagant description of Georgia,

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The colonists' petition to the trustees for a change of mea-

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His great exertions for the prosperity of the colony,

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His life endangered. Mutiny quelled, and the conspirators

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Reflections on Oglethorpe's conduct, by an anonymous writer, 152

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James Habersham takes charge of the Orphan-house,

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Trustees resign their charter, 20th of June 1752,

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John Reynolds appointed governor,

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Troubles between Malatche and the Cherokees,

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Royal government established. Noble Jones and Jonathan
Bryan appointed judges,

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Fort Loudon besieged. Frontiers attacked. Treaty at fort

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Burned several Indian towns and returned to fort Prince-
George,

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Marched into the nation, and attacked near Etchoe-town,

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