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CHAPTER XIII
TOMO-CHI-CHI'S VISIT TO ENGLAND Is TURNED TO GOOD ACCOUNT—IN
CREASED INTEREST IN THE COLONY OP GEORGIA—Two VESSELS CHAR-
TEEED TO CONVEY THE NEW SETTLERS—THE SYMOND AND THE -LONDON
MERCHANT—OGLETHORPB DECLINES TO ACCEPT PASSAGE ON His
MAJESTY'S SLOOP OF WAR, THE HAWK—PREFERS TO SHAKE THE DIS
COMFORTS OF HlS FELLOW-VOYAGERS—THE GREAT EMBARKATION—Tl-IE
WESLEYS ACCOMPANY OGLETHORPE TO GEORGIA—STORMY WEATHER
ENCOUNTERED—CALMNESS OF THE MORAVIANS—AN INCIDENT OF THE
VOYAGE—TYBEE ISLAND Is BEACHED—OGLETHORPE DISAPPOINTED TO
FIND THE LIGHTHOUSE STILL UNFINISHED—REASONS FOR THE DELAY
—WHISKY BROUGHT OVER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA—ON ARRIVING
IN SAVANNAH, THE MORAVIANS DESIRE TO LOCATE AT IRENE—OGLE-
THOBPE CONSENTS, THOUGH HE WISHED TO SETTLE THEM AROUND His
MILITARY STRONGHOLD ON ST. SIMON'S ISLAND—EBENEZBR VISITED
—FORT AUGUSTA Is GARRISONED—THE INDIAN TRADE AT THIS POINT
JUSTIFIES A LINE OF BOATS—EFFORTS TO DIVERT IT FROM CHARLES-
: TON—OGLETHORPE BUILDS A HIGHWAY BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND
DARIEN—FORT FREDBRICA Is COMMENCED—THE TOWN—FRANCIS
' MOORE'S DESCRIPTION—THIS BECOMES OGLETHORPE's HOME—RE
TURNING TO SAVANNAH, HE STOPS AT NEW INVERNESS—WEARS THE
SCOTTISH PLAID—ON BEACHING TYBEE, HE FINDS THE Two CAPTAINS
UNWILLING TO ENTER THE SHALLOW WATERS OF JEKYLL SOUND—CAR
GOES TRANSFERRED—DELAY INVOLVED—OGLETHORPE EXPLORES THE
LOWER COAST—CUMBERLAND ISLAND—FORT ST. ANDREW—FORT WIL
LIAM—FORT GEORGE—FORT ST. SIMON—CHARLES DEMPSEY, AN ENG
LISH ENVOY, VISITS ST. AUGUSTINE TO CONCILIATE THE SPANIARDS—
RESULTS OF His MISSION.
Tomo-chi-chi 's visit to England was turned to good account by the
trustees. As a result, popular interest in the colony was greatly stimu
lated. Donations poured into the London office. Applications were re
ceived by the score from persons who wished to settle in Georgia, many
of these without expense to the trust. Great preparations, therefore,
were made for Oglethorpe's return voyage to Georgia. It became an
absorbing- topic of discussion throughout the kingdom. Prizes were
offered by the Gentleman's Magazine for the four best poems to be writ
ten on "The Christian Hero." Oglethorpe was the toast of all Britain.
But he was too deeply absorbed in the details of his work, if not too
well poised in his splendid balance of character, to be disturbed by this
adulation. Mr. Francis Moore was put in charge of all provisions and
supplies for the voyage. These included food products, agricultural
implements, household utensils, small arms, heavy guns, in fact, every-
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