JONES, Jr., Charles C.

Historical Sketch of Tomo-Chi-Chi, Mico of the Yamacraws.

Item #82090

JONES, Jr., Charles C. Historical Sketch of Tomo-Chi-Chi, Mico of the Yamacraws. Albany: Joel Munsell, 1868. 1st ed. 8vo. 133 pp. In later cloth. Minor foxing throughout else near fine. Howes J-198. Field 796. Sabin 36477. Munselliana 2041. Signed and inscribed by Jones on the first blank. Field writes: "The large-minded and heroic Indian chief, who welcomed Oglethorpe to the lands of his nation, and fed and protected the infant colony during those early years, when disease and the Spaniards threatened its existence, well deserved a biography. No hero of the colonies of North America, even the loud boasting Captain John Smith, the zealous yet humane Roger Williams, or the noble Oglethorpe himself, better deserved an enduring monument than Tomo-Chi-Chi. The qualities of mind which he possessed, would have added honor to many of the great names, recorded in the annals of the early settlements of our country. Mr. Jones has done full justice to his subject, by fortifying the facts of his biography with undoubted authorities. Some particulars of the life of this chief, with his portrait, may be found in the Ulsperger tracts."

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