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THE EMPRESS OF GEORGIA
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When Oglethorpe landed at Yamacraw Bluff1, he was greatly aided in his efforts to conciliate the Indians by the wife of John Musgrove, a half-breed woman whose Indian name was Coosaponakesee. She was known by the colonists2 as Mary Musgrove, and her friendship for the whites was timely and fortunate. She was Oglethorpe's interpreter in his first interview with Tomochichi. She was very friendly and accommodating, giving aid to Oglethorpe and his colony in every possible way. Finding that she had great influence, and could be made very useful to the colonists, Oglethorpe employed her as interpreter, and paid her yearly one hundred pounds sterling3, which in that day was equal to a great deal more than five hundred dollars; but Mary Musgrove earned all that was paid her, and more. She used all her influence in behalf of the whites. She aided in concluding treaties, and also in securing warriors4 from the Creek5 nation in the war that occurred between the colonists and the Spaniards who occupied Florida.
General Oglethorpe had a sincere friendship for Mary Musgrove, and his influence over her was such that she never refused a request he made. If Oglethorpe had remained in Georgia, it is probable that the curious episode in which Mary took a leading part would never have occurred.
Oglethorpe left Georgia on the 23d of July, 1743, and never returned. John Musgrove died shortly afterwards, and Mary married a man named Matthews, who also died. She then married a man named Thomas Bosomworth, who had been chaplain to Oglethorpe's regiment6. In 1743, before Oglethorpe's departure, Bosomworth had been commissioned to perform all religious and ecclesiastical affairs in Georgia. Previous to that he had accepted a grant of lands, and had taken up his abode8 in the Colony. He appears to have been a pompous9
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v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗 | |
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creek
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regiment
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massacre
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extermination
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plantation
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connivance
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creeks
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bounty
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creditors
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astonishment
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apparently
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serene
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uproar
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intrepid
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obstinate
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unreasonable
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repented
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folly
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n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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relinquished
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交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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offense
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n.犯规,违法行为;冒犯,得罪 | |
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authorized
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expended
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auction
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