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... cultivate this swamp , never attempt to fence it , as the annual freshes , always in the spring , rise from three to ten feet over it . The land , bordering on the swamp , and for a mile back , is a poor , stiff clay ; the growth is ...
... cultivate this swamp , never attempt to fence it , as the annual freshes , always in the spring , rise from three to ten feet over it . The land , bordering on the swamp , and for a mile back , is a poor , stiff clay ; the growth is ...
Page 28
... cultivated , but are now old fields margined with cane . The bed of the river is here rocky , shoally , and covered with moss . It is frequented in summer by cattle , horses , and deer ; and in the winter , by swans , geese and ducks ...
... cultivated , but are now old fields margined with cane . The bed of the river is here rocky , shoally , and covered with moss . It is frequented in summer by cattle , horses , and deer ; and in the winter , by swans , geese and ducks ...
Page 31
... cultivated with the plough . He is a half breed , of a strong mind , and fulfils the duties enjoined on him by his appointment , with zeal and fidelity . He has nine negroes under good government . Some of his family have good farms ...
... cultivated with the plough . He is a half breed , of a strong mind , and fulfils the duties enjoined on him by his appointment , with zeal and fidelity . He has nine negroes under good government . Some of his family have good farms ...
Page 36
... cultivated on the right side of the river , on rich cane swamps ; these people have a few hogs , but no other stock . 3rd . Pau - woc - te ; a small village two miles below Too- was - sau , on a high bluff , the same side of the river ...
... cultivated on the right side of the river , on rich cane swamps ; these people have a few hogs , but no other stock . 3rd . Pau - woc - te ; a small village two miles below Too- was - sau , on a high bluff , the same side of the river ...
Page 38
... cultivation , in times past ; the centre of this flat is rich oak and hickory , margined on both sides with rich cane swamp ; the land back of the town , for a mile , is flat , a whitish clay ; small pine , oak and dwarf hickory , then ...
... cultivation , in times past ; the centre of this flat is rich oak and hickory , margined on both sides with rich cane swamp ; the land back of the town , for a mile , is flat , a whitish clay ; small pine , oak and dwarf hickory , then ...
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agent for Indian Alabama appointed BENJAMIN HAWKINS bluff bordering broken land cabin called cane cattle cattle and horses ceremony Chat-to-ho-che Che-au-hau Cherokees Chickasaws chiefs clay Coleraine confederacy Coosau corn Cowetuh cultivated Cussetuh death whoop Eu-fau-lau falls flat land Flint river Foosce-hat-che fork Fort Wilkinson four miles Georgia gravelly half a mile hat-che Haujo Hawkins hickory Hill-au-bee hills hogs and horses horses and hogs Indian affairs joins left bank left side limestone little creek margins Mic-co mounds nation negroes New-yau-cau oak and hickory Oc-fus-kee Oconee river peach trees pine barren pine forest pine land ponds post oak red oak reed reedy branches rich flats ridge right bank right side Savannah saw palmetto season settled settlements stiff stocks of cattle swamp Tal-e-see Tal-la-poo-sa Tallapoosa thence thluc-co three miles Took-au-bat-che town house traders treaty tribes Uchees village warriors Yamassees yards wide