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The creek has its source nearly 20 miles from the river & runs nearly parallel with it till within one mile of its junction - there it makes a short bend round N. then W. to the river. At the second bend about 200 yards from the river, a fine little spring creek joins on its right bank. At the first bend N. there is a mill seat. The water might here be stopped with a dam & taken across by a canal at a little expense of labour, to the river & the mills might be either here or at the river. About one mile up from the bend there is another good mill seat in the neighborhood of the pine forest. The flat of good land on the river continues 2 1/2 miles below this creek, thro' the Cussetuh fields to Hat,che thlucco. At the entrance of the fields on the right there is an oblong mound of earth. One quarter of a mile lower, a conic mound - 45 yards diameter at the base - 25 feet high - and flat on the top - Mulberry trees on the W side & evergreens on the S. From the top of this mound, they have a fine view of the river, above; the flat land on the river on both sides; and all the field of 1000 acres. The river makes a short bend round to the right, opposite this mound, & there is a good ford just below the point. It is not easy to mistake the ford, as there is a flat on the left, of gravel & sand, the waters roll rapidly over the gravel, & the eye at the first view fixes on the most fordable part. There are two other fords below this, which communicate