Creek man and boy, Tomochichi and Nephew Tooanahowi
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: OPPS NEG.1129 B 1
label: Local Note
content: Legend of the picture: "Tomo Chachi Mico / oder Konig Von Yamacran [Yamacrau] und Tooanahowi Seines / Bruders des Mico oder Koniges Von Etichitas [Etchitas] Sohn. / nach dem Londischen Original in Augspurg nachgestochen von / Joh. Jacob Kleinschmidt."
label: Local Note
content: Black and white copy negative
name: label: Creator
content: Kleinschmidt, Jacob
label: Artist
content: Verelst, Willem
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Creek (Muskogee)
label: Topic
content: Yamasee
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Creator
content: Kleinschmidt, Jacob
label: Artist
content: Verelst, Willem
culture: label: Culture
content: Yamassee Indians
label: Culture
content: Muscogee (Creek)
label: Culture
content: Hitchiti Seminole
label: Culture
content: Yamasee ?
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Kleinschmidt, Jacob
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photograph (5x6 in)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1734
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Reproduced in "Handbook of American Indians," Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30, part 2, page 776.
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content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The following information is condensed from the handbook of American Indians, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30, (which see): Tomochichi (spelled also Tomochachi, Temochichi, Thamachaychee, etc.) was a Creek chief who established himself at the town of Yamacraw (present Savannah, Georgia) shortly after 1721. On the foundation of the Georgia colony by Oglethorpe in 1733, Tomochichi assumed a friendly attitude toward the newcomers and was instrumental in bringing about a treaty of alliance between that colony and the Lower Creeks in that year. In 1734, with his wife, nephew, and several others, he accompanied Oglethorpe to England, where his portrait was painted. He continued to be helpful to the colonists after his return, until his death, which occurred in his own town of Yamacraw, October 5, 1739, he being then perhaps 75 years of age. He was given a public funeral at Savannah.

See also J. R. Swanton, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 137, page 210. Swanton believes that the Yamacraw may have been part of the Yamasee. See also in Alice G. B. Lockwood, "Gardens of Colony and State," 1934, page 267. Caption: "Portrait of Tomo-Chi-Chi at 91 [sic], with the nephew who was his adapted son, Tooanakowhi. Painted by Verelst in London during their stay there with Oglethorpe, whose successful establishment of the Georgia Colony was largely due to Tomo-Chi-Chi's friendship and loyalty."