Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. / Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together With Observations on the Manners of the Indians.

by William Bartram

I accompanied the traders to Sinica, where we found the commissary and the Indian chiefs convened in counsel: continued at Sinica some time, employing myself in observations, and making collections of every thing worthy of notice: and finding the Indians to be yet unsettled in their determination and not in a good humour, I abandoned the project of visiting the regions beyond the Cherokee mountains for this season; set off for my return to fort James, Dartmouth, lodged this night in the forests near the banks of a delightful large creek, a branch of Keowe river, and next day arrived safe at Dartmouth.

List of the towns and villages in the Cherokee nation inhabited at this day, viz.

No.
1 Echoe	On the Tanase east of the Jore mountains. 4 towns.
2 Nucasse
3 Whatoga
4 Cowe
5 Ticoloosa	Inland on the branches of the Tanase. 4 towns.
6 Jore
7 Conisca
8 Nowe
9 Tomothle	On the Tanase over the Jore mountains. 8 towns.
10 Noewe
11 Tellico
12 Clennuse
13 Ocunnolufte
14 Chewe
15 Quanuse
16 Tellowe
17 Tellico	Inland towns on the branches of the Tanase and other waters over the Jore mountains. 5 towns.
18 Chatuga
19 Hiwasse
20 Chewase
21 Nuanha
22 Tallase	Overhill towns on the Tanase or Cherokee river. 6 towns.
23 Chelowe
24 Sette
25 Chote great
26 Joco
27 Tahasse
28 Tamahle	Overhill towns on the Tanase or Cherokee river. 5 towns.
29 Tuskege
30——. Big Island
31 Nilaque
32 Niowe

Lower towns east of the mountains, viz.

No.
1 Sinica	On the Savanna or Keowe river.
2 Keowe
3 Kulsage
4 Tugilo	On Tugilo river.
5 Estotowe
6 Qualatche	On Flint river.
7 Chote

Towns on the waters of other rivers.
Estotowe great. Allagae. Jore. Nae oche
In all forty-three towns.

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CHAPTER V.

Being returned from the Cherokee country to Dartmouth, I understood that the company of adventurers for West Florida were very forward in their preparations, and would be ready to set off in a few weeks, so that I had but a little time allowed me to make provision and equip myself for the prosecution of so long and hazardous a journey.

Our place of rendezvous was at fort Charlotte, on the opposite side of the river Savanna, and about a mile from fort James. Having a desire to make little botanical excursions towards the head of Broad river, in order to collect some curiosities which I had observed thereabouts; which being accomplished,