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account of our goods, the river having fallen very fastin consequence of the dry weather; but in the midstof our trials we have still been favored, a con-siderable of rain fell last evening though nodiference appears yet in the river. As above stated, we agreed with HenryO'Neal last evening to go with us to Genesinguhta to beour interpreter. It is now 11 o'clock, yet neitherhe nor his fathers family have gotten their break-fast, though we have been hurrying him for twohours past. About 12 o'clock two of us set off on horseback, the other three having started an hoursooner with our baggage accompanied byHenry O'Neal. We rode across the river onemile above the town, and went up the eastside of it to the shore opposite the place ofdestination where we again crossed, thoughthe stream was wide and deep. We stopped at the house of a chief who wentwith us to our intended settlement, getting thereabout 3 in the afternoon, where we met withour friends who came up in a canoe. We viewed an empty house that stood nearour settlements, but not liking it, we proceededto look further. There was one occupied by a fam-ily, who we understood proposed leaving it, andwould sell their right. The woman who owned