CHAPTER VI.

HIGHLANDERS IN GEORGIA.

English Treatment of Poor--Imprisonment for Debt--Oglethorpe's Philanthropy--Asylum Projected--Oglethorpe Sails for Georgia--Selects the Site of Savannah--Fort Argyle--Colonists of Different Nationalities--Towns Established--Why Highlanders were Selected--Oglethorpe Returns to England--Highland Emigrants--Character of--John Macleod--Founding of New Inverness--Oglethorpe Sails for Georgia--Visits the Highlanders--Fort St. Andrews--Spaniards Aggressive--Messengers Imprisoned--Spanish Perfidy--Suffering and Discontent in 1737--Dissension Increases--Removal Agitated--African Slavery Prohibited--Petition and Counter Petition--Highlanders Oppose African Slavery--Insufficient Produce Raised--Murder of Unarmed Highlanders--Florida Invaded--St. Augustine Blockaded--Massacre of Highlanders at Fort Moosa--Failure of Expedition--Conduct of William MacIntosh--Indians and Carolinians Desert--Agent Reprimanded by Parliament--Clansmen at Darien--John MacLeod Abandons His Charge--Georgia Invaded--Highlanders Defeat the Enemy--Battle of Bloody Marsh--Spaniards Retreat--Ensign Stewart--Oglethorpe Again Invades Florida--Growth of Georgia--Record in Revolution--Resolutions Assault on British War Vessels--Capture of--County of Liberty--Settlement Remained Highland 146