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vale of Cowe, exhibiting one of the molt charming 
natural mountaneous landfcapes perhaps any where 
to be feen ; ridges of hills rifing grand and fublimely 
one above and beyond another, fome boldly and 
majeftically advancing into the verdant plain, their 
feet bathed with the filver flood of the Tanafe, 
whilfl: others far diftant, veiled in blue mills, fub- 
limely mounting aloft with yet greater majelly lift 
up their pompous crefb, and overlook vail re- 
gions. 
The vale is clofed at Cowe by a ridge of mighty 
hills, called the Jore mountain, faid to be the higheft 
land in the Cherokee country, which erodes the 
Tanafe here. 
On my arrival at this town I waited on the gen- 
tlemen to whom I was recommended by letter, and 
was received with refpedt and every demonftration 
of hofpitality and friendfhip. 
I took my refidence with Mr. Galahan the 
chief trader here, an ancient refpedlable man, who 
had been many years a trader in this country, and 
is eileemed and beloved by the Indians for his hu- 
manity, probity, and equitable dealings with them; 
which, to be juft and candid I am obliged to ob- 
ferve (and blufh for my countrymen at the recital) 
is fome what of a prodigy ; as it is a fadt, I am 
afraid too true, that the white traders in their com- 
merce with the Indians, give great and frequent oc- 
cafions of complaint of their difhonefty and vio- 
lence: but yet there are a few exceptions, as in the 
condudt of this gentleman, who furmfhes a living 
inftance of the truth of the old proverb, that cc Ho- 
nefty is the belt policy for this old honeft Hiber- 
nian has often been protedled by the Indians, when 
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