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between Flint and Oakmulge rivers, and occupies 
a fpace of near three hundred miles in circuit* 
This vaft accumulation of waters, in the wet feafon, 
appears as a lake, and contains fome large iflands 
or knolls, of rich high land ; one of which the pre- 
fent generation of the Creeks reprefent to be a moll 
blifsful fpot of the earth ; they fay it is inhabited 
by a peculiar race of Indians, whole women are in- 
comparably beautiful ; they alfo tell you that this 
terreftrial paradife has been feen by fome of their 
enterprifing hunters, when in purfuit of game, who 
being loft in inextricable fwamps and bogs, and on 
the point of perifhing, were unexpectedly relieved 
by a company of beautiful women, whom they call 
daughters of the fun, who kindly gave them fuch 
provifions as they had with them, which were 
chiefly fruit, orcnges, dates, &c. and fome corn 
cakes, and then enjoined them to fly for fafety to 
their own country ; for that their hufbands were 
fierce men, and cruel to ftrangers : they further 
fay, that thefe hunters had a view of their fettle- 
ments, fituated on the elevated banks of an ifland, 
or promontory, in a beautiful lake ; but that in 
their endeavours to approach it, they were in- 
volved in perpetual labyrinths, and, like enchanted 
land, {till as they imagined they had juft gained it, 
it feemed to fly before them, alternately appearing 
and difappearing. They refolved, at length, to 
leave the delufive purfuit, and to return ; which, 
after a number of inexpreflible difficulties, they ef- 
fected. When they reported their adventures to 
their countrymen, their young warriors were en- 
flamed with an irrefiftible defire to invade, and 
make a conquer! of, fo charming a country ; but 
all their attempts hitherto have proved abortive, 
pever having been able again to find that en- 
chanting 
