CLASS 10
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Question
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James Oglethorpe fought against Mary Musgrove and Tomochichi for control of Yamacraw Bluff.
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James Oglethorpe approached Mary Musgrove and Tomochichi with an offer to trade goods with Britain.
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Mary Musgrove served as a translator between James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi, which led to establishing a mission.
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Mary Musgrove served as a translator between James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi, which led to a peaceful agreement to settle lands.
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Detailed explanation-1: -From the colony’s inception Musgrove placed herself in the center of Oglethorpe’s dealings with neighboring Creek Indians. As interpreter for Oglethorpe and Yamacraw Indian chief Tomochichi, Musgrove was instrumental in the peaceful founding of Savannah, and by extension, the Georgia colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tomochichi helped the colonists lay out roads, including the first one from Savannah to Darien (or New Inverness) to the south. He also aided Oglethorpe as a mediator between the Yamacraw and surrounding tribes and the British colonists.
Detailed explanation-3: -Her business caught the attention of General James Oglethorpe, one of Georgia’s charter members. General Oglethorpe hired Musgrove as his primary interpreter. She worked for him from 1733 to 1743. Two years into her work with General Oglethorpe, Mary’s husband John Musgrove died.
Detailed explanation-4: -She interpreted communications between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Yamacraw chief Tomochichi, negotiating treaties and land secessions and her efforts laid the groundwork for the establishment of Georgia as a colony.