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flats bordering pine forest, or post oak hills. 5. Foosee,hat,che? from foo,so,wau a bird & hat,che, tail. It is two miles below Ho,ith,le,wau,le on the right bank of Tallapoosa, on a narrow strip of flat land. The broken lands are just back of the town. The corn fields are on the opposite side of the river & are divided from those of Ho,ith, le,wau,le by a small creek, Nocoose,chepe?. On the right bank of this little creek half a mile from the river is the remains of a ditch, which surrounds a fortification, and back of this, for a mile, is the appearance of old? settlements, and back of these, pine slashes. The cornfields are narrow & extend down, bordering on the river. 6. Coo,loo,me is below & near to Fooseehatche? on the right side of the river. The town is small & compact, on a flat much too low & subject to be overflowed in the season of floods, which is once in 15 or 16 years, always in the winter season & mostly in March. They have within 2 years begun to settle back next to the broken lands. The cornfields are on the opposite side, joining those of Foosee,hat,che and extend together near 4 miles down the river; from 100 to 200 yards wide. Back of these fields there is a rich swamp of from 4 to 600 yards wide, which, when reclaimed, must be valuable for corn or rice, & could be easily drained into the river, which seldom overflows its banks in Spring or Summer. They