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small hickory; the flats on the streams, rich, covered with reed. Among the branches, the land is waving & fit for cultivation. They have 30 gun men in this village, who have lately joined Tal,e,see. One of the chiefs O,fau,mul,gau has some cattle, others have a few - as they have only paid attention to their stock within two years - & their means of acquiring them were slender. Above this creek, on the waters of Eu,fau,lau,hat,che? there are some settlements, well chosen. The upland is stiff reddish & stoney or gravelly - the timber, post & red oak, pine & hickory, - the trees small; the soil, apparently rich enough & well suited for wheat; and the streams have some rich flats. 2d. Thlot,lo,gul,gau from thlot,lo fish & u,lgau? all - called by the traders fishponds. It is on a small pond like creek, a branch of Ul,kau,hat,che which joins Tallapoosa, 4 miles above Oc,fus,kee on the right side. The town is 14 miles up the creek. The land about it is open & waving - the soil dark & gravelly - the general growth of trees, the small hickory. They have reed in the branches. Hannah Hale resides here. She was taken a prisoner from Georgia when about 11 or 12 years old; was married to the head man of the town, by whom she has 5 children. This woman spins and weaves & has taught two of her daughters to spin. She has laboured under many difficulties, yet by her industry has acquired some