March 23, 1734: Native Americans Travel to England

Suggested Readings

Danny Amor & Edward Cashin, Oglethorpe’s London: A Cabbie’s Tour of Colonial Georgia Sites (Augusta, GA: Center for the Study of Georgia History, 2002).

Charles C. Jones Jr., Historical Sketch of Tomo-Chi-Chi, Mico of the Yamacraws (Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell, 1868).

Julie Anne Sweet. “Bearing Feathers of the Eagle: Tomochichi’s Trip to England.” Georgia Histoical Quarterly. Vol. 86, No. 3 (Fall 2002), pp. 339-371. Georgia Historical Society. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40584568

Helen Todd, Tomochichi: Indian Friend of the Georgia Colony (Atlanta: Cherokee, 1977).

Encounter and Exchange in a New Colony, GHS: http://georgiahistory.com/containers/197

Tomochichi, GHS: http://georgiahistory.com/containers/312

“James Oglethorpe Presenting the Yamacraw Indians to the Georgia Trustees.” GeorgiaInfo. http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/verelst.htm

“Tomochichi (ca. 1644-1739).” The New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-689&hl=y

, 1732-1752.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-816&sug=y

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Image Credits

Audience Given by the Trustees of Georgia to a Delegation of Creek Indians, by William Verelst, gift of Henry Francis du Pont, 1956 Courtesy of the Winterthur Museum

British and Indians sketch Courtesy of Ed Jackson

Close up of Yamacraw Courtesy of Ed Jackson

Crop, John Wesley teaching Indians Georgia Historical Society Postcard Collection, 1361PC 01 1 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

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Oglethorpe, Artifact Collection, A-1361-532 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

George II The four Georges: the English Humorists of the eighteenth century, Main Collection, DA 483 A1 T33 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

George II ca. 1743, Fights for the Flag by Fitchett, William Henry, 1845-1928 Accessed on www.archive.org

George II standing with robe, The Forgotten Prince Accessed on www.archive.org

Indian dressed as European Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-31150

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Indians and British color Courtesy of Ed Jackson

King George II color Courtesy of Ed Jackson

King George II color portrait Courtesy of Ed Jackson

Landscape Courtesy of Ed Jackson

Oglethorpe with Creek Indians Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library/University of Georgia Libraries

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Queen Caroline Courtesy of Ed Jackson

The London Evening Post, Thursday August 1 – Saturday August 3, 1734

The London Evening Post, Saturday August 3 – Tuesday August 6, 1734

Tomochichi and Toonahowi Foltz Photography Studio (Savannah, GA) photographs, 1899-1960, 1360 25 16 13 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

View of London dock, 1775 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-127377

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