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but fomewhat intricate to a ftranger, from the fre- 
quent collateral roads falling into it from villages 
cr towns ever the hills. After riding about four 
miles moftly through fields and plantations, the 
foil incredibly fertile, arrived at the town of Echoe, 
confiding of many good houfes, well inhabited. I 
palled through, and continued three miles farther 
to Nucaffe, and three miles more brought me to 
Whatoga. Riding through this large town, the 
road carried me winding about through their little 
plantations of Corn, Beans, &c. up to the council- 
lioufe, which was a very large dome or rotunda, 
iituated on the top of an ancient artificial mount, 
and here my road terminated. All before me and 
cn every fide, appeared little plantations of young 
Corn, Beans, ccc. divided from each other by nar- 
row drips or borders of grafs, which marked the 
bounds of each one's property, their habitation 
Handing in the midft. Finding no common high 
road to lead me through the town, I was now at a 
fend how to proceed farther; when obferving an 
Indian man at the door of his habitation, three or 
four hundred yards difiance from me, beckoning 
me to come to him, I ventured to ride through 
their lots, being careful to do no injury to the 
young plants, the riling hopes of their labour and 
induftry ; eroded a little grafiy vale watered by 
a fiiver dream, which gently undulated through ; 
then afeended a green hill to the houfe, where I 
was chearfuily welcomed at the door, and led in by 
the chief, giving the care of my horfe to two hand- 
fame youths, his fons. During my continuance 
here, about half an hour, I experienced the mod 
peifedl and agreeable hofpitality conferred on me 
by thefe happy people ; I mean happy in their dif- 
pofkians, in their apprehenfions of redlitude with 
regard 
