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above the town, look well & appear healthy. The Indians begin to be attentive to them & are increasing them by all the means in their power. Several of them have from 50 to 100 and the town furnished 70 good beef cattle in 1799. One chief - Took,au,bat,che Haujo has 500 & altho apparently very indigent, never sells any; while he seems to deny himself the comforts of life, he gives continued proofs of unbounded hospitality. He seldom kills less than two large beaves a fortnight for his friends & acquaintances. The town is on the decline. Its appearance unclear the inattention of the inhabitants. It is badly fenced. They have but a few plum trees & several clumps of Cassine? Yupon?. The land is much exhausted with continued culture & the wood for fuel at a great & inconvenient distance, unless boats or land carriages were in use - it could then be easily supplied. The river is navigable for boats drawing 2 1/2 feet in the dry season from just above the town to Alabama. From the point just above the town to the falls, the river spreads over a bed of flat rock in several places, where the depth of water is something less than 2 feet. This is residence of E,fau,Haujo, one of the great medal chiefs, the speaker of the nation at the National Council. He is one of the best informed men of the land & faithful to his national engagements. He has 5 Black Slaves, a stock of cattle & horses, but they are of little use to him. The ancient habits instilled in him by french & british agents, that the