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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
s, who, with Tomo-chichi, their chieftain, sought security by an alliance with the English. Here is a little present, said the red man, as he offered a buffalo skin, painted on the inside with the Chap XXIV} head and feathers of an eagle. The feathers of the eagle are soft, and signify love; the buffalo skin is 1733 warm, and is the emblem of protection. Therefore love and protect our little families. On the first day of February, or, according to the new style of computation, on the twelfth, the colonists, on board of a small sloop and periaguas, arrived at the place intended for the town, and before evening encamped on shore near the edge of the river. Four beautiful pines protected the tent of Oglethorpe, who, for near a twelve- New Voyage to Georgia. month, sought no other shelter. In the midst of the pleasant region, the streets of Savannah were laid out with greatest regularity; in each quarter a public square was reserved; the houses were planned and constructed on on