Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1917 — Tomochichi. [ARTICLE]

Tomochichi.

'Tomochlchl was a noted Indian chief of early Georgia, ruling the Yamacaws, a branch of the Creek Indian confederacy. After a dispute with the confederacy he moved his town from what is now near Columbus, Ga., to Yamacaw bluff, on the Savannah river, now a part of Savannah. Here he entered into the famous treaty of friendship with Governor Oglethorpe, and in 1783 his influence brought about a cession of territory by the Lower Creeks. In 1734 he Visited England with Governor Oglethorpe. There is a monument to him at Savannah. The name is pronounced. To-mu-chee-chl, the u and 1 being short and the accents being on the first and third syllables.—Philadelphia Ledger.