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bordering on the cypress ponds when the woods are not burnt for a year or more; the latter are on dwarf bushes, grow large & in great abundance. The dwarf saw palmetto when the woods are not burnt in like manner bears a cluster of berries on a single stem, which are eaten by bear, deer, turkeys, & Indians. The berries are half an inch in diameter, covered with a black skin, & have a hard seed; they are agreable to the taste, sweet accompanied with bitter, and when full ripe, they burst and the bees extract much honey from them. The china briar is in the flat rich sandy margins of streams. The Indians dig the roots, pound them in a mortar & suspend them in a coarse cloth, pour water on then and crush them. The sediment which passes through with the water is left to subside; the water is then poured off & the sediment is baked into cakes or made into gruel sweetened with honey. This briar is called Coonte and the bread made of it Coon,te tuc,a liga and is an important article of food among the hunters. In the old beaver ponds in thick boggy places they have the bog potatoe (uc,lau,wau,he a ha) a small root used as food in years of scarcity.

 The O,ke,fin,o,cau is the source of St Mary's & little St John's called by the Indians Sau, wau, ne.  It is sometimes called E,cun,fin,o,cau from E,cun,nau, earth, and fin,o,cau, quivering. The first is the most common among the Creek.  It is from Ooka, a Chactau word for water and fin,ocau, quivering. This is a very extensive swamp and much of it is a bog; and, so much so, that a little motion will make the mud and water quiver to a great distance--hence the name is given.