Source: The Governorship of Spanish Florida (ID122)
Author: TePaske, John J. (ID86)
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1733-01-01 - 1733-12-31
Oglethorpe won Talapuses and Uchize friendship through Tomochichi
There was good reason for the truculence of the Talapuses and Uchizes. With the English settlement of Georgia in 1733, James Oglethorpe began a program designed to pamper the Indians and to win them over to his side. Oglethorpe’s agents showerd the Lower Creeks and other tribes in the Southeast with gifts and favors and even went so far as to take the Uchize chief Chamachichi to London. AN349 Here English royalty feted the awed Indian and awarded him a commandant’s title in an elaborate ceremony. [Note 47: Neri, natural de la republica de Luca, Cristiano, aplicado Romano, vecino de la Nueva Carolina alias San Jorge, 8/4/1735]
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Was Tomochichi Uchize? Maybe he knew Juan Iganacio's origins and told him. Maybe he was the escort t
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Was Tomochichi Uchize? Maybe he knew Juan Iganacio's origins and told him. Maybe he was the escort to get Juan Ignacio into the Federica camp on friendly terms.