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Below this the flatland spreads out for One Mile. It is 1/4 of a mile from the branch in this flat to the residence of Mr Cornells (Oche Haujo) - thence 1/2 a mile to the public establishment - thence 2 miles to the mouth of Ca,le,be,hat,che. The creek has its source 30 miles to the East - in waving post oak, hickory & pine land; in some places the swamp is wide, the beech & white oak very large, with poplar, cypress, red bay, sassafras (Illicieum Floridanum) Magnolas and white pine. Broken piny woods and reedy branches on its right side; oak flats, red & post oak, willow leaved hickory, long & short leaf pine, & reedy branches on its left side. The creek at its mouth is 25 feet wide. The flat between it & the river is fine for corn, cotton & melons, -oak, hickory & shortleaf pine: From this flat to its source it is margined with cane, reed, & palmetto. Ten miles up the creek, between it & Kebehatche, the next creek below & parallel with this, are some licks in post & red oak sapling flats. The range on these Creeks is apparently fine for cattle, yet from the want of salt or moss, the large ones appear poor in the fall, when other cattle, where moss is to be had, or they are regularly salted, are fat.

They have 116 gun men belonging to this town. They were formerly more numerous, but have been unfortunate in their wars. The last they had with the Chickasaws, they lost 35 gun men. They have begun to settle out in villages, for the conveniency of stock raising, & having fire wood.  The stock which frequent the mossy shoals above