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it forks; the large fork of the leftside has some rich swamp, large white oak, poplar, ash & white pine. The trading path from Cussetuh to the Upper Creeks crosses this fork twice. Here it is called big swamp (opiel,thluc,co?. The waving land to its source is stiff 0 post oak, pine & hard shelled hickory. The Indians who have settled on the margins & branches of the Creek, have several of them cattle, hogs & horses & begin to be attentive to them. The head warrior of the town Peter McQueen, a half breed, is a unclear trader, has a valuable property in negroes & stock, & begins to know their value. These Indians were very friendly to the United States during the revolutionary was, and their old chief - Ho,bo,ith,le Micco? of the halfway house, (improperly called the Talesee King) could not be prevailed on by any offers from the Agents of Great Britain to take part with them. On the return of peace & the establishment of friendly arrangements between the Indians & citizens of the United States, this chief felt himself neglected by W Seagrove?, which he resenting, he robbed & [[insulted?] that gentleman, compelled him to leave his house near Took,au,bat,che and fly into a swamp. He has since then, as from a spirit of contradiction, formed a party in opposition to the will of the nations, which has given