Mass’ George: A Boy’s Adventures in the Old Savannah
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Chapter 1
_ Chapter One.
Interesting? My life? Well, let me see. I suppose some people would call it so, for now I come to think of it I did go through a good deal; what with the fighting with the Spaniards, and the Indians, and the fire, and the floods, and the wild beasts, and such-like adventures. Yes; it never seemed to occur to me before, you know, me--George Bruton, son of Captain Bruton of the King‘s army, who went out with the General to help colonise Georgia, as they called the country after his Majesty King George the Second, and went through perils and dangers such as no one but English gentlemen and their brave followers would dare and overcome.
You‘ll find it all in your histories; how the General had leave to take so many followers, and carve out for themselves land and estates in the beautiful new country.
My father was one of the party. He went, for he was sick at heart and despondent. He had married a sweet English lady--my mother--and when I was abo
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