th 'CONTENT S« 
C H A P. IV’. 
Sets off from Whatoga to the Overhill towns— Jore village— -ftoarlrig, 
Creek — the Author and his guide part — furprifed by an Indian — falute and 
part friendly— mountainous vegetable productions^ — -arrives on the top of 
Jore mountain— fublime profpeCts— Atta-kul-kulla, grand Cherokee chief 
—gracious reception— returns to Cowe— great council-houfe— curious In- 
dian dance — returns and flops at Sinica— arrives again at fort James, Dart- 
mouth— lift of Cherokee towns and villages 357 
C H A P. V. 
Sets off from Dartmouth to the Upper Creeks and ChaCtaws country— « 
Flat Rock — a curious plant— Rocky Comfort — Ocone old Town — migra- 
tion of the Ocones— croffes the river — fords the Oakmulge at the Oakmulge 
sields- — Stoney Creek— Great and Little Tabofachte — new fpecies of Hy- 
drangia— croffes Flint river— defcribes the country — perfecuted by extraor- 
dinary heats and incredible numbers of biting flies — -Hippobofca and Afilus 
^ — extraordinary thunder gull— croffes ChataUehe river— defcribes the town 
—very large and populous— proceeds and arrives at the Apalachucla town 
= — vifits the old town— extraordinary remains and monuments of the anci- 
ents — general face of the country and vegetable productions— new fpecies 
of ABfculus 373 
CBA P. vr. 
Proceeds, and after three days journey arrives at Tallafe, on the Talla— 
poofe river — Coloome, a handfome t»wn— great plains — further account of 
the country— Dog woods— croffes the river Schambe — cohies to Taenfa on. 
the Eaft banks of the Mobile, thirty miles above the city— French inhabi- 
tants— paffes down the river, arrives at the city of Mobile — fhort ac- 
count of the city and fort Conde — returns to Taenfa, and proceeds up the 
river as far as the entrance of the Chicafaw branch— floating forefts of the 
Nymphaea Nelumbo — vifits the adjacent lands— returns to Mobile— goes to 
the river Perdido— continues on to Penfacols,* — cordially received by gover- 
nor Chefter- — fome account of the town— difcovers a new and beautiful fpe- 
cies of Sarracenia— returns to Mobile 394 
CHAP. VI T. 
Leaves Mobile for Manchac on the M i ffi \\ i p i— p r oc ee d s by water to Pearl 
Ifland — kindly entertained by Mr. Rumfey— defcribes the ifland— large 
crimlon Plum- — a delicate fpecies of Mimofa— paffes Lake Pontchartrain— 
touches at the river Taenfapaoa— paffes over Lake Maurepas— proceeds up 
to Iberville— croffes by land to Manchac— goes up the Mifliflipi— fettle- 
ments of New. Richmond- — White Plains— curious mufcle flvells in the river 
—croffes over to Point Coupe- — Spanifh village and fortrefs— high cliffs op- 
poflte Point Coupe — returns to the Amite, thence down through the lanks, 
and founds back again to Mobile 416 
C H A P. VIII. 
Leaves Mobile on his return— proceeds with a company of traders for the 
Creek nation— his horfe tires— is in great diilrefs— meets a company of tra- 
ders, of whom he purchafes a frefh horfe— Illicium groves — meets a com- 
pany of emigrants from Georgia — great embarraffment at a large creek 
fvvollen with late heavy rains— arrives at the banks of the Alabama— croffes 
it and arrives at Mucclaffe— Indian marriage— ferious reflections— perilous 
fituation of the trader of Mucclaffe— fets off for Otaffe— defcribes the coun- 
try contiguous to the Tallapoofe river— plantations and towns— Coolome— 
Tuckabatche— croffes the river and arrives at Otaffe— rotunda and fquare — » 
black drink— fpiral fire — Sabbath or holy day to the Great Spirit— fets off 
with a company of traders for Georgia— Chehaw and Uffeta, Creek towns 
on the Apalachucla river, almoft join each other, yet the inhabitants fpeak 
two languages radically different— arrives at the Oakmulge — croffes the 
river in a portable leather boat — croffes the river Ocone- — head branches of 
Great Ogeche— arrives at Augufta— takes leave of Augufta and his friends 
there, and proceeds for Savanna — -lift of Mufcogulge towns and villages— 
conjectures concerning the rife of the Mufcogulge confederacy 438 
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