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Government of the Towns. The towns separately have a government & customs which they derive from a high source. They have their public buildings as well for business as pleasure. Every town has a chief who presides over the whole; he is their Mic,co, called by the white people "King". The grades from him are regular & uniform throughout all the towns. In the description of the public buildings, these grades will be explained.

                     The Public Buildings

chooc o thlucco (big House) -The Town HOuse, on Public Square confists of from square buildings of one story ,facing each then;40 by 16 feet ;8feet pitch; the entrance in at each corner .Each building is a wooden froame supported on posts set in the ground ,covered withslabs,open in front like a pizza,divided into the rooms. the back sends clayed up to the plates .Each division is divided length ways into two feats , the front two feet high ,retending length ways into two feats, the front two feet high, extending back halfway covered with reed-math a slabs,then a rise of one foot ;Let extends back coveredin like manner to the side of the building .On there feets they lie a fit at pleasure

    The Rank of theBuilding which form the Square

1st Mic ul,gee in too pace , the mic cos cabin.This fonts the E and is occuipied by those of the highest rank,