An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, vol 2 | Page 4

their unanimous consent, nominated Moytoy commander and
chief of the Cherokee nation, and enjoined all the warriors of the
different tribes to acknowledge him for their King, to whom they were
to be accountable for their conduct. To this they also agreed, provided
Moytoy should be made answerable to Sir Alexander for his behaviour
to them. After which many useful presents were made them, and the
congress ended to the great satisfaction of both parties. The crown was
brought from Tenassee, their chief town, which with five eagle tails,
and four scalps of their enemies, Moytoy presented to Sir Alexander,
requesting him, on his arrival at Britain, to lay them at his Majesty's
feet. But Sir Alexander proposed to Moytoy, that he should depute
some of their chiefs to accompany him to England, there to do homage
in person to the great King. Accordingly six of them agreed, and
accompanied Sir Alexander to Charlestown, where being joined by
another, they embarked for England in the Fox man of war, and arrived
at Dover in June 1730.

[Sidenote] Who enter into a treaty of peace and alliance.
We shall not pretend to describe their behaviour at the sight of London,
or their wonder and astonishment at the greatness of the city, the
number of the people, and the splendour of the army and court. Being
admitted into the presence of the King, they, in the name of their nation,
promised to continue for ever his Majesty's faithful and obedient
subjects. A treaty was accordingly drawn up, and signed by Alured
Popple, secretary to the Lords Commissioners of trade and plantations,
on one side; and by the marks of the six chiefs, on the other. The
preamble to this treaty recites, "That whereas the six Chiefs, with the
consent of the whole nation of Cherokees, at a general meeting of their
nation at Nequassee, were deputed by Moytoy, their chief warrior, to
attend Sir Alexander Cumming to Great Britain, where they had seen
the great King George: and Sir Alexander, by authority from Moytoy
and all the Cherokees, had laid the crown of their nation, with the
scalps of their enemies and feathers of glory, at his Majesty's feet, as a
pledge of their loyalty: And whereas the great King had commanded
the Lords Commissioners of trade and plantations to inform the Indians,
that the English on all sides of the mountains and lakes were his people,
their friends his friends, and their enemies his enemies; that he took it
kindly the great nation of Cherokees had sent them so far, to brighten
the chain of friendship between him and them, and between his people
and their people; that the chain of friendship between him and the
Cherokees is now like the sun, which shines both in Britain and also
upon the great mountains where they live, and equally warms the hearts
of Indians and Englishmen; that as there is no spots or blackness in the
sun, so neither is there any rust or foulness on this chain. And as the
King had fastened one end to his breast, he defied them to carry the
other end of the chain and fasten it to the breast of Moytoy of Telliquo,
and to the breasts of all their old wise men, their captains, and people,
never more to be made loose or broken.
"The great King and the Cherokees being thus fastened together by a
chain of friendship, he has ordered, and it is agreed, that his children in
Carolina do trade with the Indians, and furnish them with all manner of
goods they want, and to make haste to build houses and plant corn from
Charlestown, towards the towns of Cherokees behind the great
mountains: That he desires the English and Indians may live together as

children of one family; that the Cherokees be always ready to fight
against any nation, whether white men or Indians, who shall dare to
molest or hurt the English; that the nation of Cherokees shall, on their
part, take care to keep the trading path clean, that there be no blood on
the path where the English tread, even though they should be
accompanied with other people with whom the Cherokees may be at
war: That the Cherokees shall not suffer their people to trade with
white men of any other nation but the English, nor permit white men of
any other nation to build any forts or cabins, or plant any corn among
them, upon lands which belong to the great King: and if any such
attempt shall be made, the Cherokees must acquaint the English
Governor therewith, and do whatever he directs, in order to maintain
and defend the great King's right to the country of Carolina: That if any
negroes shall run away into the