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3.. Auttosse. on the left side of Tallapoosa below, & adjoining Ca,le,be,hat,che - a poor, miserable looking place, fenced with small poles; the first on forks, in a line, and two others on stakes, hardly sufficient to keep out cattle. They have some plum & peach trees; a swamp back of the town & fine good land back of that, a flat of oak, hickory & pine. On the right bank of the river just below the town, they have a fine rich cove of land, which was formerly a cane brake & has been cultivated.

There is below the town one good farm made by the late Richard Bailey & an orchard of peach-trees. Mrs Bailey the widow is neat, clean and industrious - and very attentive to the interests of her family - qualities rarely to be met with in an indian woman. Her example has no effect on the Indians - even her own family - with the exception of her own children. She has fifty Beehives and a great supply of honey every year; has a fine stock of hogs, cattle & horses, & they all do well. Her son, Richard Bailey, was educated in Philadelphia by the Government, and has brought with him into the nation so much contempt for the Indian mode of life, that he has got himself into discredit with them. His young brother is under the direction of the Quakers in Philadelphia. His three sisters promise to do well. They are industrious & can spin. Some of the Indians have cattle, but, in general, they are destitute of property.
In the year 1766 there were 43 gunmen & lately they were estimated at 80. This is a much greater increase of