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tomahawk ; but the Palachucholas got it by persuasion, and bu- 

 ried it under their beds. The Palachucholas likewise gave them 

 white feathers, and asked to have a chief in common. Since then 

 they have always lived together. 



Some settled on one side of the river, some on the other. Those 

 on one side are called Cussetaws, those on the other Cowetas ; 

 yet they are one people, and the principal towns of the Upper and 

 Lower Creeks. Nevertheless, as the Cussetaws first saw the red 

 smoke and the red fire, and make bloody towns, they cannot yet 

 leave their red hearts, which are, however, white on one side and 

 red on the other. They now know that the white path was the 

 best for them : for, although Tomochichi was a stranger, they see 

 he has done them good ; because he went to see the gi'eat King 

 with Esquire Oglethorpe, and heard his talk, and had related it 

 to them, and they had listened to it, and believed it. 



