travels in 
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for the garrifon, confifting of fifty ranges. Including 
officers, each having a good horfe well equipt, a 
rifle, two dragoon piftols, and a hanger, befides a 
powder horn, ftiot pouch and tomahawk. The fort 
ftands on an eminence in the forks between the Sa- 
vanna and Broad rivers, about one mile above Fort 
Charlotta, which is fituated near the banks of the 
Savanna, on the Carolina fide. Fort James is fitu- 
ated nearly at an equal diftance from the banks of 
the two rivers, and from the extreme point of the 
land that feparates them. The point or peninfula 
between the two rivers, for the diftance of two 
miles back from the fort, is laid out for a town, by 
the name of Dartmouth, in honour to the earl of 
Dartmouth, who, by his intereft and influence in 
the Britilh councils, obtained from the king a grant 
and powers in favour of the Indian trading company 
of Georgia, to treat with the Creeks for the ceftion 
of a quantity of land fufficient to difcharge their 
debts to the traders, for the fecurity and defence of 
which territory this fortrefs was eftablifhed. 
This territory, called the New Purchafe, con- 
tains about two millions of acres, lying upon the 
head of Great Ogech^e, between the banks of the 
Savanna and Alatamaha, touching on the Ocone, 
and taking within its precindts all the waters of 
Broad and Little rivers ; comprehending a body of 
excellent and fertile land, well watered by innumer 
rable rivers, creeks and brooks. 
I made a little excurfion up the Savanna river, 
four or five miles above the fort, with the furgeon 
of the garrifon, who was fo polite as to attend me 
to fhow me fome remarkable Indian monuments, 
which are worthy of every traveller's notice. Thefe 
Wonderful labours of the ancients Hand in a level 
2 plain. 
