Source: The Southern Frontier (ID86)
Author: Crane, Verner (ID35)
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1727-01-01 - 1728-12-31
SC Glover described to Coweta how superior English trade is
Glover managed to reach Coweta a day before 'the King of France's son' and to 'stop his talk.' He knew well that the whole basis of English influence was the Indian trade. Therefore he painted to the Indians a vivid contrast between the meagre commerce of Florida and Louisiana and the great colonial trade of England. 'There's been several of you down in Charles Town and seen Ships coming in every Day, and did you ever hear the English talk of such Things? We won't get out of our Chairs to go and look at so foolish a thing as one Ship. When a small Spanish Canoe is coming to your Towns the whoop will be carried to the Abickaws before she gets to Cowetas, but I can never hear any of you talk of our Pack Horses coming till you hear the bells Gingle.' Though he had won this skirmish, Glover was apprehensive of increasing French influence on the Chattahoochee and among the Lower Creeks. It was on this account that he strongly opposed the despatch of soldiers against the Creeks. 'It's my Opinion,' he wrote to Middleton, that 'there will be no occasion of them: it is the Trade Governs these People. If there comes any army they'll fly to the French.' More useful than troops, he advised, would be a permanent Creek agent. 'The lower Creeks will soon make friends with the Spaniards again if there is not somebody to prevent it; and in short every two or three traders ought to have an agent or Commissioner to keep them in order.'43 [Note 43 c.o.]
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Juan Ignacio starts out as a young Guale who thinks he is supposed to act like the Yamasee hotheads
Date Created: 2024-04-22 19:36:28
Source: Amy Notes (ID 702)
Author: Howard, Amy (ID 633)
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Juan Ignacio starts out as a young Guale who thinks he is supposed to act like the Yamasee hotheads and be eager for border forays. But he doesn't really have the drive, and feels defective and wimpy. Nevertheless, he tries to play the part, and says weird and stupid things simply because he's not clear on it. Then he gets to sit in Indian councils, which always begin with elaborate commitments of peace for the sake of communication, regardless of how hostile the message may be. Then he gets to be in a formal council with Brims, and he is forever changed by Brims' statement of wanting to maintain peace with all Europeans, though not among Indians. Brims maintains his hostility against Cherokee, etc. Juan Ignacio, knowing he is blood related to enemy Yuchi, wishes the Indians would establish peace as well. He spends the rest of his life seeking peace among all nations, which becomes a secret that he has to hide from Montiano. The more he approaches enemies with a desire for peace, the safer he feels, and the more hospitality he receives. He hopes to get the nerve to approach the Yuchi and ask about his relatives and heritage, but then he keeps hearing of another disturbing example of their meanness.