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SC Proprietors encouraged settlers to move west among the Indians
Source: The Southern Frontier #86
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As early as 1691 the Proprietors recognized the importance of the place [Savannah Town] when they instructed Ludwell 'to Incourage all people that will to reside at the Sevanah towne or any other place among the Indians, that the Inland parts of our province and the strength of the severall Nations of the Indians may be fully knowne.'83 The reports of Spanish governors and officers, which had revealed so clearly the English intrusions into Guale and Apalachicola, gave meagre indications of their progress further westward, beyond the Chattahoochee.
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