Se-quo-yah from Harper's New Monthly, V.41

Se-quo-yah from Harper's New Monthly, V.41

Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 In the year 1768 a German peddler, named George Gist, left...
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Se-quo-yah from Harper's New Monthly, V.41

Se-quo-yah from Harper's New Monthly, V.41

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Se-quo-yah from Harper's New Monthly, V.41

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Author: Unknown
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Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41

In the year 1768 a German peddler, named George Gist, left the settlement of Ebenezer, on the lower Savannah, and entered the Cherokee Nation by the northern mountains of Georgia. He had two pack-horses laden with the petty merchandise known to the Indian trade. At that time Captain Stewart was the British Superintendent of the Indians in that region. Besides his other duties, he claimed the right to regulate and license such traffic. It was an old bone of contention. A few years before, the Governor and Council of the colony of Georgia claimed the sole power of such privilege and jurisdiction. Still earlier, the colonial authorities of South Carolina assumed it. Traders from Virginia, even, found it necessary to go round by Carolina and Georgia, and to procure licenses. Augusta was the great centre of this commerce, which in those days was more extensive than would be now believed. Flatboats, barges, and pirogues floated the bales of pelts to tide-water. Above Augusta, trains of pack-horses, sometimes numbering one hundred, gathered in the furs, and carried goods to and from remote regions. The trader immediately in connection with the Indian hunter expected to make one thousand per cent. The wholesale dealer made several hundred. The governors, councilors, and superintendents made all they could. It could scarcely be called legitimate commerce. It was a grab game. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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