Perspectives on Georgia's Native Friend 
Tomochichi, Yamacraw chieftain and invaluable friend to General Oglethorpe, died October 5th, 1739. To support standard SS8H2a check out pages 136-137 of our digital text
Georgia Studies for a detailed history and interactive video from "This Day in Georgia History."
None other than Georgia's first President, William Stevens, acted as pallbearer and wrote about it in his
journal. After students read his reflections they can read a
Proclamation from 1774 detailing later tensions between colonists and native Americans. A
teacher's guide is available from the Georgia Historical Society.
To conclude, students can greet one another in pairs with a
basic lesson in Creek, a close relative of Tomochichi's Yamacraw heritage.
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