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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)
iled through the forest and across brooks, Oglethorpe, having provided horses, himself joined the little party. By the aid of blazed trees and Indian guides, he made his way through morasses; a fallen tree served as a bridge over a stream, which the horses swam, for want of a ford; Von Reck, Diarium, in Urlsperger, i. 86 at night, he encamped with them abroad round a fire, and shared every fatigue, till the spot for their village was chosen, and, like the little stream which formed March 17-28. its border, was named Ebenezer. There they built Ogle thorpe's letter to Sir John Philips. their dwellings, and there they resolved to raise a column of stone, in token of gratitude to God, whose providence had brought them safely to the ends of the earth. Vorbericht, 32 In the same year, the town of Augusta was laid out, 1734. soon to become the favorite resort of Indian traders. Oldmixon, i. 537. The good success of Oglethorpe made the colony increase rapidly by volunteer emigrants