Mary Musgrove and James Oglethorpe Three people who showed what can be accomplished using cooperation Colleen McNamara June 2012 Foreword When the first Europeans came to what we now call Georgia the area was already populated with several tribes of native people including the Cherokee C ID: 589686
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Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove and James Oglethorpe:
Three people who showed what can be accomplished using cooperation
Colleen McNamara
June 2012Slide2
Foreword
When the first Europeans came to what we now call Georgia, the area was already populated with several tribes of native people including the Cherokee, Creek, and Muskogee.Let’s find out how three important people were able to begin the successful settlement that became our state of Georgia!Slide3
Tomochichi
When the English decided to settle the area that is now Georgia, the Creek Indians already lived there.
Tomochichi
, who was a Creek Indian, was the
chief
of his own
tribe, called the Yamacraw Indians.Tomochichi and his tribe lived alongside the Savannah River, near the coast of Georgia.Slide4
Mary Musgrove
Mary’s father was an English trader and her mother was a Creek Indian, so she learned to speak two languages.
After marrying, Mary and her husband opened a trading post near present day Savannah.
Mary was born in the 1690’s near Macon.
Mary’s
Indian name is
Coosaponakeesa
.
She was educated in Charleston, South CarolinaSlide5
James Oglethorpe
James was born into a wealthy family in England.At that time, if someone owed money, they could be put into debtor’s prison until the
debt
was paid.
Oglethorpe worked to
reform
the prisonsSlide6
Founding Georgia
James Oglethorpe and a group of his friends decided to ask the King to found a
colony
.
They would make a place for debtors to start a new life.
In 1733, Oglethorpe and 120 colonists arrived on the coast and named the colony after their king…Georgia.Slide7
Mary Musgrove’s role
James Oglethorpe spoke only English and Tomachichi spoke only Creek.
Because Mary Musgrove spoke the languages of the Creek and the English settlers, she was able to
translate
at meetings between the two leaders.Slide8
Tomochichi’s role
Tomochichi, the Creek chief
wanted to be friends with the English.
He gave
permission for Oglethorpe to settle in the area now known as Savannah
.
Tomochichi and his tribe traded with the settlers. The Indians gave the settlers food and the settlers gave the Indians metal tools and cloth.Slide9
James Oglethorpe’s role
James Oglethorpe was the first governor of Georgia.He was friendly with the Indian tribes of Georgia.
He traded with the Choctaw, the Creek and the Cherokee Indians.
He said that people could not own slaves.Slide10
Things to think about…
Why did the Indians want to be friends with Oglethorpe and the settlers?What might have happened if they were not friends?
What might have happened if Mary Musgrove was not there?Slide11
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