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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 Cuss,e,tuh to the Upper Creeks crosses this fork twice. Here it is called big swamp (opil,thluc,co). The waving land to its source is stiff - 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 snug? 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 war, and their old chief - Ho,bo,ith,le Micco of the halfway house, (improperly called the Talsee 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 Mr. 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 nation, which has given much trouble & difficulty to the chiefs of the land. His principal assistants were the leaders of the Banditti who insulted the Commissioners of Spain & the United States on the 17th September 1799, at the confluence of the Flint & Chatto-