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From the colour of the earth in places, there must be iron ore. The streams from the glades form fine little creeks, branches of Tallapoosa; - the land on their borders broken, stiff, stoney, & rich, affording fine mill seats, & on the whole a country where the Indians might have desireable settlements. The path from E,tow,woh to Hill,au,bee passes through these galdes. 6th. E,pe,sau,gee. This village is on a large creek, which gives name to it, and enters Tal,la,poosa opposite O,cfus,kee. The creek has its source in the ridge dividing the waters of this river from Chat,to,ho,che: it is 30 yards wide & has a rocky bottom. They have 40 settlers in the village, who have fenced their fields this season for the benefit of their stock; and they have all of them cattle, hogs & horses. They have some good land on the creek, but generally it is broken; the strips of flat land narrow, the broken is gravelly - oak, hickory & pine not very inviting. Four of these villages have valuable stocks of cattle. McCartney has 100. E,cu,cha,te E,maut,lau 100. Totecuh Haujo 100. Toollsau? Micco 200. 4th. Sooc,he,ah from Sooc,cau, a hog & heah, here. Called by the traders Hog.? range. On the right bank of Tallapoosa 12 miles above Oc,fus,kee. A small settlement - the land very broken - the flats on the river, narrow - the river, broad & shoally. These settlers have moved & joined Immookfau, with a few exceptions.