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margins annually & generally in the month of March, but seldom in the summer season. The people of Tuskegee have some cattle & fine stock of hogs, more, perhaps, than any town of the nation. One man, Sam Macnack, a half breed, has a fine stock of cattle. He had in 1799, 180 calves. They have lost their language & speak Creek & have adopted the customs & manners of the Creeks. They have 35 gun men.

14. O,che,au,po,fau from Oche,ub,a, a hickory tree and po,fau in or among, called by the traders Hickory Ground. It is on the left bank of Coosau 2 miles above the fork of the river & one mile below the falls, on a flat of poor land just below a small stream. The fields are on the right side of the river on rich flat land. And this flat extends back for two miles, oak & hickory, then pine forest. The range out in this forest is fine for cattle - reed abundant in all the branches. The falls can be easily passed in canoes, either up or down. The rock very different from that of Tallapoosa - here it is ragged & very coarse granite. The land bordering on the left side of the falls is broken or waving - gravelly, not rich. At the termination of the falls there is a fine little stream - large enough for a small mill - called from the clearness of the water We,hempt,le, good water. 3 1/2 miles above the town are ten apple trees, planted by the late General McGillivray; half a mile further up, the remains of the Old Tal,e,see formerly the