Tomo-Chi-Chi's Grave

Tomo-Chi-Chi, Mico of the Yamacraw, a tribe of Lower Creek and Yamasee Indians, is buried in this Square. James Oglethorpe called him a “Friend of the Colony.” He was an indispensable resource to the peaceful establishment of the colony as a military outpost against Spanish invasion. He negotiated a treaty with Oglethorpe in 1733, pursuant to which Georgia was settled. Mary Musgrove, the Creek and British niece of Emperor Brim of the Creek Indians, acted as interpreter between Oglethorpe and Tomo-Chi-Chi and lent her great influence to the signing of that treaty and to the treaties negotiated by Oglethorpe with other tribes of the Creek nation. In 1734, with members of his family and a delegation of the Yamacraw, Tomo-Chi-Chi visited the English Court and was received by King George II and by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He died October 5, 1739, at Yamacraw Indian Village, and at his request was brought to Savannah to rest among the English in the city he helped establish. He was buried here with British military honors.