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of the villagers to prepare their fields for the plough. Some of them have cattle, hogs & horses; and are attentive to them - the range is a good one, but cattle & horses require salt. They have some thriving peach trees at several of the settlements. On Auhe,gee creek called at its junction with the river, Hitchetee, there is one settlement which deserves a place here. It belongs to Mic,co thluc,co, called by the white people the "bird tail king." The plantation is on the right side of the creek, on good land in the neighborhood of pine forest. The creek is a fine flowing one, margined with reed. The plantation is well fenced & cultivated with the plough. This chief had been on a visit to New York and seen much of the ways of white people and the advantages of the plough over the slow & laborious hand hoe, yet he had not firmness enough till this year to break through the old habits of the Indians. The Agent paid him a visit this spring (1799) with a plough completely fixed & spent a day with him and showed him how to use it. He had previously while the old man was in the woods prevailed on the family to clear the field for the plough. It has been used with effect & much to the approbation of a numerous family, who have more than doubled their crop of corn & potatoes; and who begin to know how to turn their corn to account by giving it to their hogs. This Micco & his family have hogs cattle & horses, and begin to be very attentive to them. He has some apple & peach trees and grape vines - a present from the agent.