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a hog among then. Robert Walton who was then the trader for the town, gave the women some pigs, & this is the origin of their stock. There are 4 villages below this town on A,la,ba,ma, who had formerly a regular town; - they are probably the ancient A,la,ba,ma. 1st. E,cun,chate, from E,cun,na, earth, and chate, red. A smalll village on the left bank of Alabama,who have their fields in the right side in the cane swamp. They are a poor people, without stock, are idle & indolent & seldom make bread enough, but fine melons in great abundance in their season. The land back from the settlement is of thin quality, - oak, hickory, pine & ponds. Back of this, hills, or waving - here the soil is of good quality for cultivation. That of thin quality, extends nearly a mile. 2nd Too