Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-20

SirlnE You oI my regard io; t-4e people
from whom you come. and am well
pleased with the assurances you have
brought me from them. and accept very
graciously this present as an indication
of their good will to me and my people.
1 shall always be ready to cultivate a
good correspondence between them and
my subjects. and be glad of any occa-
sion to show you mark of my friend
ship and esteem"
Afterward they were introduced to
Queen Caroline, to whom he spoke as
follows:
Il am glad to see this day and the
opportunity of seeing the mother of
this great people. AS our people are
joined with your majesty's, we do hum
bly, hope to find you the common pro-
tectress of US and all our children"
Her majesty replied in appropriate
words to this speech.
Very soon after. their arrival one Of
the chiefs died at his apartments in
Little Aubrey, Westminster. He was
inferred in the burying ground of St.
John the Evangelist, in the Horseferry
road, after the custom of his people.
His body was sewed up IN blankets,
strapped between two deal boards. and
| consigned to the grave. His clothes
! were cast in upon the body with a
quantity of glass beads, trinkets, and
bits of silver. No funeral ceremony
was observed at the grave, and only
Tomochachi, the king. his servants,
the churchwarden, and the gravedig-
ger We're present at this sad bu rial.
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these Indians the distinguished honor
of conveying them by his private
barge to Putney. where they We're
handsomely entertained q. a dinner by
| Lady Dutry.
On leaving Tomochachi, by interpre-
ter. said to Lady Dutry, could he but
speak English. he could tell her how he
appreciated her kindness and how hon
ored he felt at her distinguished atten.
tons to them. And he could also thank
her in suita BILE words for England s
having sent the white people to Georgia,
and that the Indians would always be
| their friends.
He next visited the archbishop. who
expressed his strong desire to see them
| Christianized. and promised to send
! teachers to the new world that the
| young Indians might be educated. For
this Tomochachi expressed great de-
| light and gratitude.
While in England. the Indians visited
Eton college and went into the school
| room among the scholars. Here TOmO-
| chachi was shrewd and thoughtful
enough to ask for holiday for the
| boys. This caused great shout of APP
| plause from the students. and the re-
quest was granted in due time. They
We're next received with especial COM
| pliment at Windsor Castle. They were
an object of great interest wherever
| they went and attracted large crowds
everywhere.
In November. after bidding re-
| luctant adieu to Gen. Oglethorpe. they
set sail from Gravesend in the Prince
| of Wales for Georgia. They brought
back with them many valuable pres
ents of silver and gold plate. bullion.
| fifty pounds. gifts from the various
royal and philanthropic personages
that they had met in the strange moth
| er country.
The Creek Indians long remem bered
this great episode in their peoples his
tory. and they manifested their ap-
| probation of it for years by unbrol<en
| kindness to the white settlers. And it
| may be truly said that this friendship
would never have been broken had the
white men been as true to the teach
| ings of OglethOrpe respecting the In
! dians as they should have been.-At-
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