Tomochichi

Who was Tomochichi?

Tomochichi was a seventeenth-century Creek leader and the head chief of a Yamacraw town on the site of present day Savannah, Georgia. He gave his land to James Oglethorpe to build the city of Savannah. He remains a prominent character of early Georgia history. As the principal mediator between the native population and the new English settlers during the first years of settlement, he contributed much to the establishment of peaceful relations between the two groups and to the ultimate success of Georgia.