On March 6, 1786, the struggling Utehatote and the amazing Bolly Jack set sail, each carrying 500 eager passengers to our new colony, Coleyfornia.  The Utehatote, still struggling, had suffered more damage against a strong and terrible rainstorm.  But the Bolly Jack was separated from the Utehatote, so the two ships were no longer traveling on the same path.  Soon after the separation, about a day or so, the Bolly Jack found some very nice smooth land to settle on.  So what did we do?  We settled of course!  But later we found out that we settled on Native American land (uh oh!).  The Indians were upset with us because we had chopped down all of their trees to build our houses.  Because the Natives were upset with us, they shot one man.  But later the Natives and us soon became friends and helped us with our crops.
    When we found our real settlement, we built our houses and built the common, chicken coop, and a barn.  When all the hard labor was done, we chose men for our army, and the governors.  After that we made a set of rules or laws called the “Colony Laws.”  In the set of laws we wrote:  NO STEALING, NO KILLING, also, YOU MUST BE AT LEAST SIX MILES AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL TO SELL TOBACCO.  These are a few examples of our rules.
    We hope that our colony will last forever and our laws will stay strong.

By Governor Madalynn and Lieutenant
Governors Haley and Joey A.

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