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Mary Musgrove

Mary Musgrove. By Lindsay Esterline Visit my TPT store HERE. Childhood.

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Mary Musgrove

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  1. Mary Musgrove By Lindsay Esterline Visit my TPT store HERE

  2. Childhood In the 1690’s a girl named Coosaponakeesa (KOO sahpoe nah KEE sah) was born in the Creek village of Coweta (Kuh WEE tah). Her mother was a Creek Indian with important Creek leaders in her family. Her father was an English trader named Edward Griffin from the South Carolina colony.

  3. Life with the English When Coosaponakeesa was about ten, she went to live with her father’s family in an English settlement near Charles Town, South Carolina. The English settlers gave her an English name—Mary. Mary learned the customs of the settlers and how to speak English in an English school. After about five years, Mary returned to her Creek family.

  4. Young Woman In 1711 Mary married John Musgrove. Mary and her husband set up a trading post on the Savannah River. Mary used her bilingual skills to be an interpreter between the Indian people and English settlers in order for them to make trades. In 1734, the Musgroves went to England with James Oglethorpe in order to translate for King George II and Tomochichi. The Musgroves where granted some land four miles from the Savannah settlement where they built a trading post. In 1735 John Musgrove died, and Mary moved to the trading post. Then and Now: Back then people would trade things in order to get what they needed. How do we get what we need now?

  5. Bringing People Together By now Mary was a well-known businesswoman in the Savannah area. James Oglethorpe and a group of English settlers planned to start a new English colony called Georgia. Oglethorpe asked Musgrove to help him communicate with the Creek Indians. She helped him talk to and make friends with Tomochichi, the leader of the Yamacraw Creek. Then and Now: Back then people who needed to communicate to someone that spoke a different language needed a translator. Do we still need translators now?

  6. Richest Woman in Georgia By 1735, Musgrove was the richest woman in Georgia. After marrying her second husband, she opened another trading post on the Altamaha River. After her husband died she became the largest landowner in the colony. Musgrove worked to keep peace between the Creek and English settlers. When English and Spanish settlers began to fight, she got the Creek to join the English side.

  7. Later Years In about 1742, Musgrove married her third husband, Reverend Thomas Bosomworth. Bosomworth'sstatus and Musgrove's skills as a translator and peacekeeper formed a powerful combination. Together they traveled into Creek villages with messages from Oglethorpe and the English king, and brought back speeches from various Creek leaders. Musgrove died sometime around 1763, but she is remembered for all the important work she did in the founding of Georgia.

  8. Childhood Coosaponakeesa’s Creek village was near present-day Macon, GA . Charles Town Her father, Edward Griffin, was from the South Carolina colony. Colony—a group of settlers ruled by people in another country BACK

  9. The English Settlement—a place where people just arrived from to a new land, and plan to stay permanently. Custom—a way of doing things that is shared by a group of people. For example, it was customary for Indians to have a community farm, but it was an English custom that farms are owed by individual families. BACK

  10. Young Woman Trading Post—a place people go to trade things they have for other things Interpreter/translator—a person that explains words from one language in another language BACK

  11. Bringing People Together Tomochichi was the chief of the YamacrawIndians. He was an important mediator between the native people and the new English settlers during the first years of settlement. He was important in keeping peaceful relations between the two groups. Communicate—to share information • Mediator—a person who works with both sides in a problem to try and help them to reach an agreement James Oglethorpe was an English gentleman that got King George II to agree to start a colony in America. He was important in founding the Georgia colony and keeping peace between the Indians and the English. BACK

  12. Creek Life Creek villages were built around main squares where people held meetings and played games. In the summer, the houses had no walls to stay cool. In the winter, houses had walls made from clay and wood. The roofs of both houses would be mad of grass or bark. More about Creek Indians In Creek villages everyone helped gather food from the community gardens. The women grew the crops such as corn, beans, and squash. The men hunted deer, turkeys, rabbits and caught fish in the rivers. The Creek used deerskin for clothing. Deerskin is soft, warm, and doesn’t tear easily. After trade with the English, they began to wear brightly colored fabrics and beads. BACK

  13. Status Status—rank within a group of people A reverend (priest or pastor) was considered to have a higher status or rank than a trader. Musgrove had married traders before, but she moved up in status when she married a reverend. The reverend had more respect than a trader among the colonists. BACK

  14. Early 1700s Trade Traded by the English Traded by the Creek Deerskin Metal tools/pots Food Cloth BACK

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