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Tomochichi was chief of the Yamacraw Indians when the English settlers first came to Georgia He is best known for?
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Tomochichi is best known for creating peaceful relations between the tribe and settlers.
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Tomochichi was chief of the Yamacraw Indians when the English settlers first came to Georgia. He is best known for?
Tomochichi is best known for creating peaceful relations between the tribe and settlers.
What did tomochichi do?
Tomochichi was a chief leader of the town Yamacraw which is present day Savannah, Georgia. He helped make Georgia a success by bringing peace to the new English people and the locals. He also gave land to James Oglethorpe to build Savannah, Georgia.
Who was the chief of the yamacraw Indians?
The Chief of the Yamacraw Indians was Tomochichi who met James Edward Oglethorpe( The founder of the Georgia colony) and half-creek translator Mary Musgrove in 1733. Tomochichi was helping English until he became greatly sick. He died in his late 90's and was given a English Military funeral.-Hope this was helpful
What role did Chief Tomochichi play in relationships between the colonists and the Native Americans?
A Yamacraw, he oversaw negotiations between the Creek and the Georgia Colonists.
Who was Tomochichi?
Tomochichi was the chief of the Yamacraw tribe situated on Yamacraw Bluff when James Oglethorpe landed there. His tribe, the Yamacraw, were a political construct composed of Creek and Yamasee individuals who were disenchanted with their perspective tribes. The trading practices with the British further north had resulted in the Yamasee War which resolved itself in two years. However, the trading practices remained the same, and Tomochichi gathered a tribe together with the discontents and founded the Yamacraw.The Yamacraw were about 200 in strength, living in a town structure. Because they were largely Creek, they disbanded and were reabsorbed into the Creek nation after Tomochichi's son Toonahowi died.
Who was the native Americans that James Oglethorpe encountered?
Oglethorpe encountered numerous native tribes during the colonization of Georgia. The most prominent of them was Tomochichi and his tribe of Yamacraw, but there were other, larger tribes in the area, such as the Lower Creeks.
Which tribe welcomed the first colonists to Georgia?
yamacraw
What Indian chief was a friend to the Georgia settler's?
yamacraw indian
Where did James Oglethrope found Georgia?
At Savannah. Yamacraw Bluff
What did the yamacraw indians live in?
Up town Savannah,Georgia
Who were native Indians of Georgia?
the creek Indians were native to Georgia. The leader of the creek tribe was Tomochichi.
Who served as the Yamacraw chief that assisted Oglethorpe and the Georgia colonists?
mary musgrove
