When the colony of Georgia was founded, colonists received land from the Yamacraw Indians. The leader of the Yamacraw was Tomochichi.
The small band conformed by Yamacraw Indians existed from the late 1720s to the mid-1740s in the Savannah area
Tomochichi was a Native American head chief of the Yamacraw Indians beginning in 1728. He mediated between the native population and the new English. He died on October 5, 1739.