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Moral and Oglethorpe signed a treaty to stop Indian raids

Source: The Governorship of Spanish Florida #122

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Unable to compete with the English for Indian alliances, Moral finally resorted to diplomacy to protect the interests of his colony. In negotiations carried on in the summer of 1736, Moral attempted to get Oglethorpe’s agreement to end the Indian raids that had harassed both colonies. Despite the fact that he had alliances with the larger tribes, Oglethorpe was conciliatory. [Note 50: gov to Patino 9/8/1735] He too hoped to put a stop to the incursions of hostile Indians on his border settlements and suggested that all Indians who crossed the Georgia-Florida frontier first obtain licenses from their respective governors. This, he hoped, would stop the invasions by “Outlaws and Banditts, who are the shame of Human king, who from thence might molest the Provinces of both the Kings and with Impunity destroy the innocent Peasants and Planters.” [Note 51: Oglethorpe to Dempsey, Frederica, 4/10/1736] In the treaty signed in October, 1736, therefore, the two governors agreed to restrain Indians under their control from making border raids and to license all those who wished to cross the Georgia-Florida frontier. [Note 52: Articles of a treaty made between James Oglethorpe of Georgia and Governor Francisco del Moral Sanchez, St. Augustine, 10/18/1736]
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