NORTH AMERICA. 
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 iilands 
or knolls, of rich high land ; one of which the pre- 
fent generation of the Creeks reprefent to be a moil 
blifsful fpot of the earth : they fay it is inhabited 
by a peculiar race of Indians, whofe women are in- 
comparably beautiful; they alfo tell you that this 
terrejhial paradife has been feen by fome of their 
enterp idling 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 fan, who kindly gave them fuch 
provifions as they had with them, which were 
chiefly fruit, oranges, dates, &c. and iome com 
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, ftill as they imagined they had juft gained it, 
it feemed to dy before them, alternately appearing 
and difappearing. They refolved, at length, to 
leave the delufive purfuit, and to return ; which, 
after a number of inexpreffible difficulties, they ef- 
fected. When they reported their adventures to 
their countrymen, their young warriors were en- 
fiamed with an irrefiftible defire to invade, and 
make a conqueft of, fo charming a country; but 
all their attempts hitherto have proved abortive, 
never having been able again to find that en- 
chanting 
