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of population than is to be met with in other towns. They appear to be stationary, generally; and in some towns on the decrease. The apparent difference here, or increase, may be greater than the real, as formerly men grown were rated as gun men, & now boys of 15, who are hunters, are rated as gun men. They have for two years past been on the decline; are very sickly & have lost many of their inhabitants. They are now rated at 50 gunmen only. * 4. Ho,ith,le wau,le - from Ho,ith,le, war and waule, to share out or divide. This town had formerly the right to declare war. The declaration was sent first to Took,au,bat,che & thence throughout the nation and they appointed the rendezvous of the warriors. It is on the right bank of Tallapoosa 5 miles below Aut,toss,ee. In descending the river on the right side from Aut,toss,ee in 2 miles cross Ke,bi,hat,che, thence one mile & half O,fuck,she, and enter the fields of the town. The fields extend down the river for 1 1/2. The town is on the right bank, on a narrow strip of good land; and, back of it, under high red cliffs, cypress ponds. It borders west on Autoshatche 25 feet wide.

*Jany 1.1801.  Richard Bailey being dead, much of the Indian appears. The 50 Beehives are reduced to one & his son Richard is neither an Indian nor white man - yet he promises to mend - as the agent for Indian affairs is soon to reside in his neighborhood. The date to the calculation of numbers is here noted from a British return but is probably erroneous.