An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2Hewatt, Alexander
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An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2
Hewatt, Alexander
Georgia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
_All commotions and oppressions in Europe favourable to America._
_Cultivation attended with salutary effects._
_Mean heat in Carolina._
_The diseases of the country._
_Climate favourable to the culture of indigo._
_The manner of cultivating and making indigo._
_The common methods of judging of its quality._
_Nova Scotia settled._
_The great care of Britain for these colonies._
_Low state of Georgia._
_Complaint of the people._
_Troubles excited by Thomas Bosomworth._
_With difficulty settled._
_The charter surrendered to the King._
_George Whitfield's settlement._
_Whitfield's orphan-house._
_Sketch of his character._
_A congress with Creeks._
_The Governor's speech to them._
_Malatchee's answer._
_A hurricane at Charlestown._
_The advantages of poor settlers in the province._
_The advantages of money-lenders._
_And of the borrowers._
_Great benefits enjoyed by the colonists._
_Progress of the province._
CHAP. X.
_A dispute about the limits of British and French territories._
_A chain of forts raised by the French._
_The distracted state of the British colonies._
_General Braddock's defeat in Virginia._
_Colonel Johnson's success at Lake George._
_Governor Glen holds a congress with the Cherokees._
_And purchases a large tract of land from them._
_Forts built in defence of Carolina._
_Its excellent fruits and plants._
_Its minerals undiscovered._
_The British forces augmented._
_Their first success in America._
_The cause of the Cherokee war._
_Governor Lyttleton prepares to march against them._
_The Cherokees sue for peace._
_Governor Lyttleton marches against the Cherokees._
_Holds a congress at Fort Prince George._
_His speech to Attakullakulla._
_Attakullakulla's answer._
_A treaty concluded with six chiefs._
_The Governor returns to Charlestown._
_The treaty of peace broken._
_Occonostota's stratagem for killing the officer of the fort._
_The war becomes general._
_Colonel Montgomery arrives._
_And marches against the Cherokees._
_Chastises them near Etchoe._
_And returns to Fort Prince George._
_The consternation of the inhabitants from Indians._
_Great distress of the garrison at Fort Loudon._
_The terms obtained for the garrison._
_Treacherously broken by the savages._
_A proposal for attacking Fort Prince George._
_Captain Stuart escapes to Virginia._
_The war continues._
_The Highlanders return to Carolina._
_Colonel Grant marches against the Cherokees._
_Engages and defeats them._
_Destroys their towns._
_Peace with the Cherokees._
_A quarrel between the commanding officers._
_A whirlwind at Charlestown._
_Of the heat at Savanna._
CHAP. XI.
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