He refused to listen to any argument in support of the English claim, or to admit the validity of the treaty which had lately been signed, declaring that it had erred in the concessions which had been made.

He then unceremoniously departed, with a repetition of his demand, accompanied with menaces.
Perceiving that the most vigorous measures, and a stronger defensive force than the Province could supply, would be necessary to overawe the hostile purposes displayed by Spain, or repel them if put in execution, Oglethorpe resolved to represent the state of affairs to the British Ministers, and straightway embarking, set sail for England.[1] He arrived at the close of the year; and, presenting himself before the Board of Trustees, "received an unanimous vote of thanks, as he had made this second, as well as his first expedition to Georgia, entirely at his own expense."[2] [Footnote 1: HEWATT, II.

47, and GRAHAM, III.

200, _totidem verbis_.] [Footnote 2: _London Magazine_, October, 1757, p.

545.].