Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-13
TIE PAGEANT.
The Landing of OglethOrpe and the Re
ceptiOn by the XamaCrawS.

The Landing of OglethOrpe and the Re
ceptiOn by the YamacrawS.
Much of the interest of the occasion
was centered in the pageant represent
ing the incidents connected with the
landing of OglethOrpe. Hours before the
beginning of this interesting part of the
ceremonies, every available place to be
Obtained-the wharves, vessels, hOuSetOps
and balcOnies-were filled with people.
At 1920, the signal gun announced that
everything was ready, and i'll few min
utes the vessel the pilot boat Mary
Odell), representing the craft on which
OglethOrpe and his party came up
the river $50 years ago, came in
sight, the tug Lynn towing her with long
hawser, and her gun responded to the sa-
lutte from the battery on shore. The Wild
est enthusiasm greeted the vessel as she
passed the city front on her way to the
landing place at the upper rice mill
wharyes. where she was mOOred, and
OglethOrpe and his party stepped ashore
and were greeted by TOmOchichi and his
tribe. After little delay the line of
march was formed as follows:
The Medicine Man.
OglethOrpe and TOmOchichi.
Mary MuSgrOYe.
Prominent COlOniSts.
Soldiers.
COlOnists.
Sailors, with cannon.
Indians.
and under an escort of the savannah
Cadets. headed by the Third Artillery
band, the pageant moved through Indian
to West Broad, and thence up Bay street
to the foot of Houston. Along the entire
line the streets were crowded with people,
making it almost impossible to move
through them, but the efficient police
force and occasional charges of the In
dams kept the line of march open. Ar
rived at the stand, which had been con-
structed for the purpose, the pageant was
formed on it, and the welcome of Tomo-
chichi and the reply of Oglethorpe was
spoken.
OGLETHORPE'S ADDRESS.
"My brother TOmochichi, and my
friends the Yamacraw-Creeks. After a
/, long voyage across the ocean, | and
NV people are glad to land on your
shores. We are glad to meet you
and these representatives of your
nation already our friends, for we have
smoked with you the pipe of peace-and
to confirm with you our engagements:
We congratulate ourselves tnat
frankness with which you have
met us. and by the fair dealings with
which we shall treat you. We come not
with hostile hearts, but with friendly
feeling towards you. We ask to settle
! here and live among you in peace, so
| that while we make for ourselves a
home. we may be able to do you good. We
! have different customs. But the Great
| Spirit, who made us both, cares for us
alike. and He has led our colony to this
distant land that we may dwell together
/ i'm harmony. He made your f0refat hers,
the Lower Greeks, owners OF all this
| land around us, and lords of all these
rivers that water it so WELL All this
fair inheritance has come down
| to YOU, their descendants. 1t is yours
| still. We come not to take it away, nor
/ to dispute your possession. We only
| ask to settle near YOU on this bluff, and
/ to make a home for ourselves close by
! our red brethren. On this broad plain
we wish to build a town, whittier you
may come for the things you need, and
bring to us the things you can spare.
/ We will pitch our tents under these
beautiful trees until you give us leave
from your forests to build houses for our
shelter.
''My brother, my tongue is not iOrked
nor my heart insincere. We pledge
| YOU and your people our honor and our
sincerity. In the great kingdom be-
vOnd the sea, whence we have
come, your white brothers are
too crowded together for comfort and
success. King George, therefore, and
his chiefs have sent us, few men,
women and children, a long distance and
through many hardships, to this West
ern world, here to establish new col
Ony, to be called Georgia after his name.
E'Why, TOmOchichee, should we not live
here in amity with each other! The
same Great Spirit is the maker of both
Us He has made white, and has given
he
true religion that comes from Heav.
en-! You He has made of another
1 color and of different habits, has taught
YOU by instinct, and has given you, in.
stead of towns and cities, the forests for
YOUR home. But it is the same God that
created us all, and to Him we must all
/ give an account of our lives.
''My brother! let us look into each
others face with trust and keep with
each other our pledges of faith. Let us
I be drawn closer together by the presence
| and dependence of our women and chill
dren. and let us for their sake shake
hands in friendship and live always IL
peace and harmony together. TOmO
chichi, l give you my hand; my heart
goes with it. Receive it as token OF
good faith from the white men.
ToMOCHICHI's REPLY.
Todcaw, puackawa, echee!
The MichO of the Iamacraws and his
braves welcome his pale-face brother ant
his associates in the name of the Grea
Spirit to the shores of this glOriou:
hunting ground. TOmochichi and hi;
people will smoke the pipe o
peace with you in the shade of The
noble pines of the mighty forest; there
assembled in council in unity and con
cord, we will inaugurate measures to pro
tect and guide unborn generations WHIT
are vet to sail up the placid IsOndiga il
search of homes in this glorious country
These are the feathers of the eagle, th'
noblest and swiftest of birds they are tht
tokens of peace in our land and have beer