When Oglethorpe selected Yamacraw Bluff as the site for the colony’s first settlement, Mico Tomochichi welcomed him and the colonists. Mico Tomochichi was happy to have the colonists settle near them because it was an opportunity for his people to trade with and to establish diplomatic connections with the English.

James Oglethorpe wanted to settle on land that belonged to the Creek Indians. Tomochichi, Chief of the Yamacraw Indians, became friends with Oglethorpe and allowed colonists to settle on Yamacraw Bluff near Savannah River to trade with the English.

(ō′gəl-thôrp′), James Edward 1696-1785. English soldier, philanthropist, and colonizer. He secured a charter for the colony of Georgia (1732) as a refuge for unemployed debtors newly released from prison.

Tomochichi was the head chief of the Yamacraw Indians beginning in 1728. He is most notable in Georgia’s history for helping the English establish a settlement in Savannah, and for his contributions to the success of Georgia’s colony.

In 1734, General Oglethorpe was returning to England and invited Tomochichi to come with him and bring his family. The voyage back to the Old World led to a formal peace treaty as the English treated their Indian counterparts with great respect.

In particular, the Malcontents objected to the Trustees’ limits on landownership and prohibitions on slavery and rum. Since the Malcontents could afford to purchase enslaved Africans and vast tracts of land, they felt the policies of the Trustees prevented them from realizing their economic potential.

They wish to amass large areas of land for plantations and allow slavery to work these plantations. The Malcontents vigorously criticized local authorities and lobbied the English government to impose changes to allow larger holdings and slavery.

The Salzburger Emigrants were a group of German-speaking Protestant refugees from the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg (now in present-day Austria) that immigrated to the Georgia Colony in 1734 to escape religious persecution.

The Malcontents were a faction of gentlemen in the Fifth French War of Religion (1574–1576). It opposed the policy of Henry of Valois, duc d’Anjou, who had become king under the name Henry III, and allied itself to the Huguenots.

The malcontents differed from other colonists living in Georgia due to their social standing. Other colonists had strong ties to the British Trustees (a governing board) due to financial assistance and felt a strong loyalty to the government.