pursued.

Making a Start.

The vessel entered the Savannah River, April 6th, and the Captain,
taking Spangenberg and Toeltschig into his small boat, went ahead to
the town of Savannah, the capital of Georgia, now the home of about six
hundred people. Spangenberg had a letter of introduction to Mr. Causton,
who received him and his companion in a friendly fashion, entertained
them at supper, and kept them over night. Mr. Causton was one of the
three magistrates charged with all civil and criminal jurisdiction
in Savannah, and his position as keeper of the Store, from which all
provisions promised by the Trustees were dispensed, gave him such
additional power that he was really the dictator of Savannah, ruling
so absolutely that the people finally rebelled, and in 1738 secured his
dismissal from office. On his return to England in 1739, he found great
difficulty in trying to explain his accounts to the Trustees, was sent
back to Georgia to procure some needed papers, died on the passage
over, and was buried in the ocean. His treatment of the Moravians was
characteristic, for he was courtesy itself to the new-comers who had
money to spend, inconsiderate when hard times came, deaf to appeals for
settlement of certain vexing questions, and harsh when their wills were
opposed to his.

The next morning, before sunrise, Spangenberg and Toeltschig went apart
into the woods, fell upon their knees, and thanked the Lord that He had
brought them hither in safety. The day was spent in gaining information
as to the customs of the place, Mr. Causton again claiming them as his
guests at dinner, and in the evening they accepted the invitation of a
merchant to supper. As they ate, the report of a cannon announced the
arrival of their vessel, and Toeltschig went to spend the night aboard,
Spangenberg remaining on shore to push the preparation for the reception
of the company.

Early on the following morning, April 8th, he had their town lots
assigned, (Nos. 3 and 4 Second Tything, Anson Ward), in order that their
baggage might be brought directly to their own property, for he had
found that lodgings in the town were very dear, and decided that a small
cabin should be built at once and a house as soon as possible. Going
then to the ship he guided the company to their new home, and the entire
day was consumed in moving their belongings to the town, as it was some
distance, and everything had to be carried by hand to the little hut
w