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fields are on the right bank of the river on rich cane swamp. They have a few hogs & horses, but no cattle. They had formerly the largest & best | fields are on the right bank of the river on rich cane swamp. They have a few hogs & horses, but no cattle. They had formerly the largest & best breed of hogs in the nation, but have lost them by carelessness or inattention. | ||
4th. At,tau,gee, a small village four miles below Pau,woc,te, spread out for two miles on the right bank of the river. They have fields on both sides, but their chief dependence is on the the left side. The land on the left side is rich, - on the right side the pine forest extends down to Attaugee creek; below this creek, the land is rich. These people have very little intercourse with white people. Altho' they are hospitable, & offer freely any thing they have to those who visit them, they have the singular custom, as soon as a white person has eaten of any dish & left it, of throwing away the remains; and every thing used by the guest is immediately washed. They have some hogs, horses & cattle, in a very fine range; perhaps the best on the river. The land to the E. as far as Ko,ene,cuh, & except the plains ([Hi,yuc,co,pul,gee) well watered - much of cane brake - a very desirable country. On the W. or right side the good land extends about 5 miles & on all the Creeks below At,tau,gee it is good. Some of the trees large - poplar, red oak & hickory - walnut on the margins of the creeks & pea-vine in the valleys. These 4 villages have in all about 80 gun men. They do not conform to the customs of the creeks, and |
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fields are on the right bank of the river on rich cane swamp. They have a few hogs & horses, but no cattle. They had formerly the largest & best breed of hogs in the nation, but have lost them by carelessness or inattention.
4th. At,tau,gee, a small village four miles below Pau,woc,te, spread out for two miles on the right bank of the river. They have fields on both sides, but their chief dependence is on the the left side. The land on the left side is rich, - on the right side the pine forest extends down to Attaugee creek; below this creek, the land is rich. These people have very little intercourse with white people. Altho' they are hospitable, & offer freely any thing they have to those who visit them, they have the singular custom, as soon as a white person has eaten of any dish & left it, of throwing away the remains; and every thing used by the guest is immediately washed. They have some hogs, horses & cattle, in a very fine range; perhaps the best on the river. The land to the E. as far as Ko,ene,cuh, & except the plains ([Hi,yuc,co,pul,gee) well watered - much of cane brake - a very desirable country. On the W. or right side the good land extends about 5 miles & on all the Creeks below At,tau,gee it is good. Some of the trees large - poplar, red oak & hickory - walnut on the margins of the creeks & pea-vine in the valleys. These 4 villages have in all about 80 gun men. They do not conform to the customs of the creeks, and