“Great king; this day I see the majesty of your person, the greatness of your house, and the number of your people.  I am come in my old days; so I cannot expect to obtain any advantage to myself; but I come for the good of the Creeks, that they may be informed about the English, and be instructed in your language and religion.  I present to you, in their name, the feathers of an eagle, which is the swiftest of birds, and flieth around our nations.  These feathers are emblems of peace in our land, and have been carried from town to town, to witness it.  We have brought them to you, to be a token and pledge of peace, on our part, to be kept on yours.

“O great king! whatsoever you shall say to me, I will faithfully tell to all the chiefs of the Creek nation.”

To this the king replied,—­“I am glad of this opportunity of assuring you of my regard for the people from whom you came; and I am extremely well pleased with the assurance which you have brought me from them.  I accept, very gratefully, this present, as an indication of their good dispositions towards me and my people; and shall always be ready to show them marks of favor, and purposes to promote their welfare.”

They were then introduced to her Majesty, who was seated on a throne in the great gallery, attended by ladies of the court and nobility.  The aged Mico thus addressed her:  “I am glad to see you this day, and to have the opportunity of beholding the mother of this great nation.  As our people are now joined with yours, we hope that you will be a common mother, and a protectress of us and our children.”  To this her Majesty returned a courteous answer.

After this they were introduced to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cumberland, the Princess of Orange, the Princesses Amelia, Caroline, Mary, and Louisa; and then were conducted back to their lodgings.

On the 3d of August they were greatly afflicted by the decease of one of their companions by the small pox, notwithstanding the best medical attendance; but it occasioned no bad consequences, as his associates were with him, and saw that much better care was taken of him than could have been at home.  He was interred, after the manner of their country, in St. John’s burial ground, Westminster.  The corpse, sewed up in two blankets, with a deal-board under and another over, and tied down with a cord, was carried to the grave on a bier.  There were present only Tomo Chichi, three of the chiefs, the upper church-warden, and the grave-digger.  When the body was laid in the earth, the clothes of the deceased were thrown in; after this, a quantity of glass beads and some pieces of silver; the custom of these Indians being to bury such effects of the deceased with him.

As all methods made to console them were disregarded, Oglethorpe took them out to his estate, that in the country retirement they might have a better opportunity to bewail the dead according to their custom, and that the change of the place might serve to abate their sorrow.