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Alatamaha to the bay of Apalache ; thefe uniting 
were at length able to face their enemies and even 
attack them in their own fettlements ; and in the 
end, with the afliftance of the Upper Creeks, their 
uncles, vanquished their enemies and deftroyed 
them, and then fell upon the Spanifh fettlements, 
which alfo they entirely broke up. But having 
treated of thefe matters in the journal of my travels 
into Eaft Florida, I end this digreffion and proceed 
again on my journey. 
After crofling the Ocone by fording it, which 
is about two hundred and fifty yards over, we tra- 
velled about twenty miles, and came to camp in the 
evening; palled over a pleafant territory, prefent- 
ing varying fcenes of gentle f welling hills and levels, 
affording fublime forefls, contrafted by expan- 
five illumined green fields, native meadows and 
Cane brakes ; the vegetables, trees, fhrubs and 
plants the fame as already noticed without any ma- 
terial variation. The next day's journey was about 
twenty miles, having crofied the Oakmuige by 
fording it three or four hundred yards over. This 
river is the main branch of the beautiful Alatamaha : 
on the Eaft bank of the river lie the famous Oak- 
muige fields, where are yet confpicuous very 
wonderful remains of the power and grandeur of 
the ancients of this part of America, in the ruins 
of a capital town and fettlement, as vaft artificial 
hills, terraces, kc. already particularly mentioned 
in my tour through the lower diftricls of Georgia* 
The Oakmuige here is about forty miles diftance 
from the Ocone, the other arm of the Alatamaha. 
In the evening we came to camp near the banks of 
Stony Creek, a large rapid water about fix miles 
beyond the river. 
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