swanton] EARLY HISTORY OF THE CREEK TNDTANS 261 
In Bartow County, Georgia, is a creek called Euharlee, corrupted 
from Cherokee Yuhali. According to the Cherokee, fide Mooney, this 
in turn is a corruption of the Creek tribal name Eufaula. 1 There is 
every reason to credit this and to suppose that the Eufaula were once 
located in the neighborhood. Perhaps it was their seat before the 
Yamasee war, in 1715. As the Kasihta and Kawita were in this 
region there is no reason why the Eufaula may not have been there 
as well. Their next location known to us was on Talladega Creek, 
a few miles south of the present Talladega, Alabama. It was after- 
wards known as Eufaula Old Town, but Hawkins calls it " Eu-f au-lau- 
hat-che" (Eufaula Creek or River), and describes it as follows: 
Eau-fau-lau-hat-che, is fifteen miles up that creek [Eufaula or Talladega], on a flat 
of half a mile, bordering on a branch. On the left side of the creek the land is rich 
and waving; on the right sides are steep hills sloping off waving, rich land; hickory, 
oak, poplar and walnut. It is well watered, and the whole a desirable limestone 
country; they have fine stocks of cattle, horses, and hogs. 2 
This description dates from a time long after the Eufaula settle- 
ments next to be considered had been made, but it is probable that 
its inhabitants were also Euf aulas, some who had remained behind 
after the removal of the bulk of the population. James Lesley was 
the trader stationed there in 1796. He died in the spring of 1799. 3 
Bar tram and Swan mention this town, which they call Upper 
Eufaula, Swan describing it as "the Creek town farthest up Coosa 
River." 4 
At a comparatively early date in the eighteenth century, as ap- 
pears from the maps, particularly that of De Crenay, 5 a large part 
of the Eufaula Indians moved southeast and settled on the middle 
course of the Tallapoosa. These are the " Lower Yuf ale " of Bar- 
tram, and the "Eu-fau-lau" of Hawkins. 6 Swan mentions two 
settlements here, "Big Ufala" and "Little Ufala." 7 It is the 
Eufaula of the censuses of 1738, 1750, 1760, and 1761. 8 The following 
is Hawkins's description of this town. 
Eu-fau-lau; on the right bank of Tallapoosa, five miles below Oc-fus-kee, on that side 
of the river, and but two in a direct line; the lands on the river are fit for culture; but 
the flats are narrow, joined to pine hills and reedy branches. 
They have hogs and cattle, and the range is a good one; they have moss in the shoals 
of the river; there are belonging to this town, seventy gun men, and they have begun 
to settle out for the benefit of their stock. This season, some of the villagers have 
fenced their fields. They have some fine land on Hat-che-lus-te [Hatci lasti] and 
several settlements there, but. no fences; this creek joins the right side of the river, two 
i 19th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 547. 
J Qa. Hist. Sue. Colls., in, pp. 42-43. 
i Ibid., iz, pp. 34, 169. 
* Bart ram, Travels, p. 461; Schoolcraft, Intl. Tribes, V, p. 262. 
e Plate 5; Hamilton, Col. Mobile, p. 190. 
• Bartram, op. cit.; Ga. Hist. Soc. Colls., in, p. 25. 
'Schoolcraft, op. cit. 
eMSS., Ayer Coll.; Miss. Prov. Arch. I, p. 95; Ga. Col. Docs, vra, p. 523. 
