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Alatamaha to the bay of Apalache ; thefe uniting, 
were at length able to face their enemies, and even 
attack them in their own fetdements ; and in the 
end, with the affiftance of the Upper Creeks, their 
uncles, vanquiilied their enemies and deftroyed 
them, and then fell upon the Spanifh fettlements, 
which alfo they entirely broke up. But having 
treated of thefe matters in the journal of my travels 
into Ea-ft Florida, I end this digreffion and proceed 
again on my journey. 
After crofting the Oc one by fording it, which 
is about two hundred and fifty yards over, we tra- 
velled about twenty miles, and came to camp in the 
evening; palled over a pleafant territory, prefent- 
ing varying feenes of gentle Fvelling hills and le- 
vels, affording fublime forefts, con trailed by expan- 
five illumined green fields, native meadows and 
Cane brakes; the vegetables, trees, fhrubs and 
plants, the fame as already noticed without any ma- 
terial variation. The next day’s journey was 
about twenty miles, having eroded the Oakmulge 
by fording it three or four hundred yards over. 
This river is the main branch of the beautiful Aia- 
tamaha : on the Eaft bank of the river lie the fa- 
mous Oakmulge fields, where are yet conlpicuous 
very wonderful remains of the power and grandeur 
of the ancients of this part of America, in the ruins 
of a capital town and fettlement, as vail artificial 
hills, terraces, &c. already particularly mentioned 
in my tour through the lower diftridts of Georgia. 
The Oakmulge here is about forty miles, diftance 
from the Ocoee, the other arm of the Alatamaha. 
In the evening we came to camp near the banks of 
Stony Creek, a large rapid water about fix miles 
beyond the riven 
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