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O,ke,teyoc,enne, - some of the settlements well fenced - they raise plenty of corn & rice & the range is a good one for stock. From this village they have settlements down [[[or?]] low on the forks of the river & they are generally on sites well chosen; some of them well cultivated: they raise plenty of corn & rice & have cattle, horses & hogs. Several of these Indians have negroes taken during the revolutionary war, and where they are, there is more industry & better farms. These negroes were many of them given by the agents of Great Britain to the Indians in payment for their services & they generally call them selves "King's gift." The negroes are all of them attentive & friendly to white ;people; particularly to those in authority. Timothy Barnards. This gentleman lives on the right bank of Flint River, 15 miles below Padjee,li,gau. He has 11 children by a U,chee woman and they are settled with &? around him, and have fine stocks of cattle in an excellent range. He has a valuable property but not productive. HIs farm is well fenced on both sides of the river - He has a peach orchard of fine fruit & some fine Nectarines - a garden well stored with vegetables & some grape vines presented to him by the Agent. He is an assistant and Interpreter & a man who has uniformly supported an honest character, friendly to peace, during the revolution war, & to man. He has 40 sheep, some goats & stock of