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Page 24
... fire , and the persimmon , haw and chesnut , by the hatchet ; there are a few blackberries in the old fields , red haws on the poor sand hills , and strawberries thinly scattered , but not a gooseberry , rasp- berry or currant , in the ...
... fire , and the persimmon , haw and chesnut , by the hatchet ; there are a few blackberries in the old fields , red haws on the poor sand hills , and strawberries thinly scattered , but not a gooseberry , rasp- berry or currant , in the ...
Page 68
... fire , at the same time ordering the troops of the United States to make com- mon cause . Government of the Towns . The towns , separately , have a government and cus- toms , which they derive from a high source . They have their public ...
... fire , at the same time ordering the troops of the United States to make com- mon cause . Government of the Towns . The towns , separately , have a government and cus- toms , which they derive from a high source . They have their public ...
Page 71
... with reed , mat or splits . In the centre of the room , on a small rise , the fire is made , of dry cane or dry old pine slabs , split fine , and laid in a spiral circle . This is the assembly room A Sketch of the Creek Country . 71.
... with reed , mat or splits . In the centre of the room , on a small rise , the fire is made , of dry cane or dry old pine slabs , split fine , and laid in a spiral circle . This is the assembly room A Sketch of the Creek Country . 71.
Page 72
... fire , deliberate and decide . When they have decided on any case of death or whipping , the Micco appoints the ... fires off his gun and sets up the war whoop . This is repeated by all who follow him , and they are sometimes for one or ...
... fire , deliberate and decide . When they have decided on any case of death or whipping , the Micco appoints the ... fires off his gun and sets up the war whoop . This is repeated by all who follow him , and they are sometimes for one or ...
Page 75
... fire - maker makes the fire as early in the morning as he can , by fric- tion . The warriors cut and bring into the square , four logs , as long each as a man can cover by extending his * See page 25 . two arms ; these are placed in the ...
... fire - maker makes the fire as early in the morning as he can , by fric- tion . The warriors cut and bring into the square , four logs , as long each as a man can cover by extending his * See page 25 . two arms ; these are placed in the ...
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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