Still he welcomed the attempt, and would give what aid he could,
advising that the missionaries learn the Indian tongue,
and that they should not baptize, -- as the Spanish did, --
until the people were instructed and truly converted.
On Feb. 27th, General Oglethorpe started for the Altamaha.
His journey to Georgia on this occasion had been principally
to protect the southern borders of the colony by establishing two new towns
on the frontier, and erecting several forts near by. One company,
which sailed direct from Scotland, had landed in January,
and begun a settlement at New Inverness, on the north bank of the Altamaha,
and a second was now to be established on St. Simon Island,
and was to be called Frederica. Oglethorpe had expected
to take the Salzburgers who came on the `London Merchant',
to the southward with him, but nearly all of them decided that they preferred
to join those of their number who were preparing to move to New Ebenezer,
and the General did not insist, contenting himself with his English soldiers.
A periagua had been started a little in advance of the sloop
which bore the provisions, arms, ammunition, and tools, and in the evening
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