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feparate the waters of Savanna river from thofe of 
the Tanafe or greater main branch of the Cherokee 
river. This running rapidly a North-Weft courfe 
through the mountains, is joined from the North- 
Eaft by the Holftein ; thence taking a Weft courfe 
yet amongft the mountains, receiving into it from 
either hand many large rivers, leaves the mountains 
immediately after being joined by a large river 
from the Eaft, becomes a mighty river by the 
name of Hogehege, thence meanders many hun- 
dred miles through a vaft country confifting of 
forefts, meadows, groves, expanfive favannas, fields 
and fwelling hills, moft fertile and delightful, flows 
into the beautiful Ohio, and in conjun&ion with its 
tranfparent waters, becomes tributary to the fove- 
reign Miffiffippi. 
This exalted peak I named mount Magnolia* 
from a new and beautiful fpecies of that celebrated 
family of flowering trees, which here, at the cas- 
cades of Falling Creek, grows in a high degree of 
perfection : I had, indeed, noticed this curious tree 
feveral times before, particularly on the high ridges 
betwixt Sinica and Keowe, and on afcending the 
firft mountain after leaving Keowe, when I ob- 
ferved it in flower, but here it flourifhes and com- 
mands our attention. 
This tree*, or perhaps rather fhrub, riles 
eighteen to thirty feet in height ; there are ufually 
many ftems from a root or fource, which lean a 
little, or flightly diverge from each other, in this 
refpecl imitating the Magnolia tripetala ; the 
crooked wreathing branches arifmg and fubdividing 
from the main ftern without order or uniformity, 
* Magnolia auriculata, 
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