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The towns on Chat,to,ho,che, generally called the Lower Creeks. The name of this river is from chatto, a stone, - and ho,che, marked or flowered; there being rocks of that description in the river above Ho,ith,le,ti gau at the old town Chat,to,ho,che. 1. Cow,e,tuh, on the right bank of the Chatto-ho,che, 3 miles below the falls, on a flat extending back one mile. The land fine for corn. The settlements extend up the river for 2 miles on the river flats; these are bordered with broken pine land. The fields of the settlers who reside in the town are on a point of land formed by a bend of the river, a part of them adjoining the point, are low, then a rise of 15 feet & flat 1/2 a mile to a swamp adjoining the high lands. The fields are below the town. The river is 120 yards wide, with a deep steady current from the falls. These are over a rough coarse rock, forming some islands of rock, which force the water into two narrow channels in time of low water - one on each side of the river - in the whole about 90 feet wide - that on the right is 60 feet wide, with a perpendicular fall of 12 feet. The other of 30 feet wide is a long sloping curve, very rapid, the fall 15 feet in 150 feet. Fish may ascend in this channel but it is too swift & strong for boats. Here are two fisheries. One on the right belongs to this town - that on the left, to the Cussetuhs. They are at the termination of