“What stranger this? and from what region far? 
  This wonderous form, majestic to behold? 
  Unclothed, yet armed offensive for the war,
  In hoary age, and wise experience old? 
  His limbs inured to hardiness and toil,
  His strong large limbs, what mighty sinews brace! 
  Whilst truth sincere and artless virtue smile
  In the expressive features of his face. 
  His bold, free aspect speaks the inward mind,
  Awed by no slavish fear, by no vile passion blind.”

Major McCALL, after giving an account of the visit of the Indians to England, makes this declaration:  “Tomo Chichi acknowledged that the Governor of the world, or Great Spirit, had given the English great wisdom, power, and riches, so that they wanted nothing.  He had given the Indians great extent of territories, yet they wanted every thing.  Therefore he exerted his influence in prevailing on the Creeks to resign such lands to the English as were of no use to themselves, and to allow them to settle amongst them; that they might be supplied with useful articles for cultivation, and necessaries of life.  He told them that the English were a generous nation, and would trade with them on the most honorable and advantageous terms; that they were brethren and friends, and would protect them against danger, and go with them to war against their enemies.”  Vol.  I. p. 46.

Mr. WESLEY, in his Journal, writes July 1st, 1736:  “The Indians had an audience, and another on Saturday, when Chicali, their head man, dined with Mr. Oglethorpe.  After dinner I asked the grey-headed old man, ‘What he thought he was made for?’ He said, ’He that is above knows what he made us for.  We know nothing.  We are in the dark.  But white men know much.  And yet white men build great houses, as if they were to live forever.  In a little time white men will be dust as well as I.’  I told him, ’if red men will learn the good book, they may know as much as white men.  But neither we nor you can know that book, unless we are taught by Him that is above; and he will not teach you unless you avoid what you already know is not good.’  He answered, ’I believe that; He will not teach us while our hearts are not white [pure]; and our men do what they know is not good.  Therefore he that is above does not send us the good book.’”

About TOMO CHICHI, the following is given in SPENCE’S Anecdotes, p. 318. (Ed. Lond. 1820.)

“When General Oglethorpe was conversing with a sensible old native of Georgia about prayer, the latter said that ’they never prayed to God, but left it to him to do what he thought to be best for them; that the asking for any particular blessing, looked to him like directing God; and if so, must be a very wicked thing.  That, for his part, he thought every thing that happened in the world was as it should be; that God, of himself, would do for every one what was consistent with the good of the whole; and that our duty to him was to be content with whatever happened in general, and thankful for all the good that happened to us in particular.’”