ed
to stay by her and wait for the day. When dawn broke they hastened on
to Thunderbolt, where a fort had been built, and some good land cleared,
and there they found two Indians, who claimed to know the country, and
agreed to go with them as pilots. Toward evening they reached Seituah*,
where a stockade was being built as a protection against the Indians,
and the night was spent with a Captain Wargessen (Ferguson), who, with
several soldiers, was out in a scout boat watching the movements of the
Indians and Spaniards in that neighborhood.

* On Skidaway Island, exact site unknown.--

The next day they made their way among the islands until they reached
the mouth of the Ogeechee, up which they turned, but night overtook
them, and they were forced to drop their anchor. The Indians had been
left behind somewhere, and with the return of day it became necessary to
retrace their course for some hours in order to learn where they were.
That night was spent at Sterling's Bluff, with the Scotch who had
settled upon it, and the next morning they proceeded to Fort Argyle. As
they rowed up the river, a bear left one of the islands, and swam across
to the main land. "He was better to us than we to him, for Peter shot
at him twice when he came near us, but he left us in peace and went his
way!"

The following morning Spangenberg and Johnson, accompanied by the
Lieutenant from Fort Argyle and several of his rangers, rode out to
inspect the land selected for the Moravians. The horses were accustomed
to service against the Indians, and went at full gallop, pausing not for
winding paths or fallen trees, and the University-bred man of Germany
expected momentarily to have his neck broken, but nothing happened, and
after looking over the tract they returned to Fort Argyle.

Despite the exertions of the morning Spangenberg then manned his boat,
and started up the river to visit an Indian town, where he hoped to
find Tomochichi. Much floating timber rendered the trip dangerous and
tedious, and it was not until early Sunday morning that they reached
their destination, only to find the place deserted, as the band had
left a few days before for a hunting expedition, and, if fortune
favored them, for a brush with the Spanish Indians, with whom they had
a perpetual feud. Soon Johnson appeared, guided by some of the rangers,
who, after a hearty meal with the Moravians, returned to the Fort,
Johnson remaining behind.

Monday morning, A