Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-28
| SOME ACCOCNTOF TIE TOMBIGRi.
SETTLEMENT.
iF,eu IKE Kfnfueky Pai}aaium.)

THE Editor hes iuf received etter from the
hon. Harry Toulu,ip, one OF the JUDGES OF the
MiliA;ppi Territory, dated at Fort ST. Stephens,
AeeuR 18th. from which the following informa.
tioh Is extracted
| 6 The fettlemcnt CT the Tombigbee, (cr Elo-
me ig: bee, I. {. Do. sri~h-''- 49,. G. called
by the Indians, after hex maker, VINO formerly
lived on fome of its head watcrs) eztends iron'
The Span,h line about 4 mics below FsIt o1oas
DART. 70 the Indian boundary line about "a mics
above Fort St. Stephens, the two forts pelng
bou. II miles from each other, but It Is no
where, ! think, more than miles from the river
till YOU get above Fort ST. Stephens, wfere
there are fome plantations eight or ten miles
from the river. There is,likeWiie pretty good
fetllenent ON the waters Of the Albania ans len-
(aw, in he north eaierr end OF the coartry.
VIVA, the number OF the intIabitan,s may he, i6o
not know. Some e ate them TO be about geo TO-.
niies; there NUT be ;liat number at icaH-
was atawedding few days ago, ieveh miles
above ibis place, and there were at lestE $50
grown pcifons there. In coming tsom Fort ofea.
dart to thi, place Fort ST. S;ephens) you gene
rally pats through poor pine woods; bet these rs
a great deal of good Lad in the river bottoms,
ard it is very common far the ftttle's to have
their plantations in tSe bottoms, bat 10 1--we on
the high grounds, foa!.eines In fsht bat o'ene en-
tirely DOT OF fight OF thcir crops. But al Fhis
place ike face OF the country changes; II De-
comes comfortably billy, and inf I'D OF pine a.
lone, YOU find pine interm'xed with white ard
black oak, and hi kory, and in lone places no
pine, but black oak, ala, walnut, cutu"oef tree,
bay tree, &c. Indeed have !rcn fc:nc tracts
equal in quality, thick, TO che lands son 8easgrsis
creek, which OF accoun; Ct the mixsnrs OF lSrd
tlicy mere nearly reitrblc han they do 'hoie 2.
ut !. xipgton. Such tracts, hcwever, a,e neil
sher numerous nor ex gsrive, but there IS Pl:n-
ty of good farming land, we'll watered and moi
unreafonahly broken. The wheat raiied here IS
ycncra!lv flpcrlor to what is rai!cd IN htEutky j;
and we have two mills capable OF making very
good fire 'd9u,.
Below this place, the Zone is principally
free done; cut above this there is very Common
ly to be met with foft crumbling line fore !;
and wherever there is frusl bill! OF if, you nay
Re fure Of finding rich black toil, 70 far round
the hill as tie wahines from it can exiead TO-
They planr corn from The beginning OF March to
the middle Of July. We have rew corn meal ar
this time. They reap their wheat 10 Nay, 70
that they have new floor BY the tine the -four Of
the preceding year from Kentecky reaches Nsw
Orleans. Il is a remarkably fine country tor
pork and beef. No expence attends the rating
Of either, as food Whit pork Fromthc weeds
fels ats and dollars per hundred, and beef at 8
dollars. A neighbor of mine received . few
weeks Gnce, 1900 dollars for beef, 'arp'A.cd at
al Indian treaty here, which never cof him one
dollar. Treaties however, do not take place e.
very year. There were a7oo Ipdiaas aele, at