CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Tomochichi was the mico, or chief, of the Yamacraw Indians. The Yamacraw were a small band of Lower Creek Indians that lived in coastal Georgia when Oglethorpe arrived with the colonists.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tomochichi (to-mo-chi-chi’) (c. 1644 – October 5, 1741) was the head chief of a Yamacraw town on the site of present-day Savannah, Georgia, in the 18th century. His land was stolen by James Oglethorpe to build the city of Savannah. He remains a prominent historical figure of early Georgia history.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tomochichi, his wife Senauki, nephew Toonahowi (sometimes spelled Toahahwi), and a delegation from the Yamacraw tribe accompanied Oglethorpe on his voyage to Great Britain. The chief sought assurances that his people would receive education and fair-trade policies with the British.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tomochichi gave Oglethorpe buffalo skins “on which an eagle head and feathers was painted.” In return, Oglethorpe presented the chief with European-styled clothing, cloth, gun powder, tobacco, and pipes. Tomochichi and the Yamacraw proved to be invaluable resources during the early years of the colony.

Detailed explanation-5: -Oglethorpe immediately struck up a friendship with the Yamacraw chief, Tomochichi, thus beginning a long and close relationship between the two. On February 12, 1733, Oglethorpe returned to Yamacraw Bluff with the Georgia colonists.