NORTH AMERICA. 
After the ufual compliments and inquiries rela- 
tive to our adventures, &c. the chief trader inform- 
ed the Cowkeeper, in the prefence of his council or 
attendants, the purport of our bufinefs, with which 
he exprefTed his fatisfaclion. He was then informed 
what the nature of my errand was, and he received 
me with complaifance, giving me unlimited permif- 
fion to travel over the country for the purpofe of 
collecting flowers, medicinal plants, &c. fainting me 
by the name of Puc Puggy, or the Flower hunter, 
recommending me to the friendfhip and protection 
pf his people. 
The next day being agreed on to hold a council 
and tranfact the bufinefs of our embaffy, we ac- 
quainted the chief with our intention of making our 
encampment on the borders of the great Alachua 
savanna, and to return at the time appointed to 
town, to attend the council according to agree- 
ment. 
Soon after we had fixed on the time and manner 
of proceeding on the further fettlement of the treaty, 
a eonfiderable number of Indians affembled around 
their chief, when the converfation turned to common 
and familiar topics. 
The chief is a taM well made man, very affable 
.and cheerful 3 about fixty years of age, his eyes lively 
and full of fire, his countenance manly and placid, 
yet ferocious, or what we call favage, his nofe aqui- 
line, his drefs extremely fimple, but his head trim- 
med and ornamented in the true Creek mode. He 
has been a great warrior, having then attending 
him as flaves, many Yamafee captives, taken by 
f^imfelf when young. ' They were dreffed better 
