The settlement of Georgia gave further offense to Spain,
and her subjects in Florida burned to exterminate the intruders,
as they considered them, though nothing was done so long as operations
were confined to the Savannah River. But when towns and forts
were planned and begun on the Altamaha their opposition became more outspoken.
Oglethorpe did all he could to preserve peace without retreating
from his position, and in Oct. 1736, he concluded a treaty
with the Governor of St. Augustine.
Only too soon it became apparent that this treaty would not be respected,
for the Captain-General of Cuba disapproved, and Oglethorpe sailed
for England, in November, to urge the immediate and sufficient fortification
of the frontier. The Trustees and the Government approved of the course
he had pursued, but Spain recalled and executed the Governor of St. Augustine,
for presuming to make such a treaty, and so plainly showed her intention
to make war on Georgia that the English Government authorized Oglethorpe
to raise a regiment for service there, and in July, 1738,
he sailed for America, commissioned to take command of all the military forces
of Carolina and Georgia, and protect the colonies.
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