Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-10-30
: FRANKFORT, (Ken.) Sept. 81.
Some account Of The 7om5irsee ,.t,,.,,,,,,;

Some oceonnf Of the Tom5ig5ee settlement.
The editor has Just received a letter
rom the Honorable Harry Toulmin. enc
OF the Judges of the Mississippi Terrific.
ry' dated at Fort ST. Stephens, August
18Th. from which the following inforna.
: tion Is extrseied.
The settlement Of the TombieSy Tor
Eiome igabce, !. Q. Bor- Maker's Riuer.
so called by the Indians after bog ma.
ker, who formerly lived on some of its
mead wa,ersf extend from the Spanish
Ine about IA miles below Fort Stcddart.
10 The Indian Boundary line about IA miles
ABOVE Fort st. STEPHENS, the two forts be-
Ing about44 miles from each other; but
IL ~ no where, 1 think, more than miles
from the river, till you get above Fort ST.
Stephens, where there are some nlantat;-
ots or 10 miles from The river. There
isikewise pretty good settlement on the
watcrs-of the Alabama and Teusaw, in
the southeastern end Of the county.
What The number OF the inhabitants NAV
be, do not know. Some state them IN
be about 500 families; there mutt be
that number at least.
was at wedding Few days ago,
seven miles above this place, and there
were at least so grown persons there.
In Coming from Fort Stoddart TO this
place (tort ST.. Stephens) you generally
pass through poor pine woods but there
Us great deal of good land in the river
bottoms, and it's very common for the
settlers To have their plantations in the
bottoms, but 10 live on the high grounds,
sometimes in sight, but often entirely out
oil sight OF their crops. But at this place
me face ct the country changes il be-
comes considerably hilly, and instead of
pune alone, you find pine iDtermixed with
white and black oak, and hickory, and
~ some places no pine, but black oak,
ASH, walnut, cucumber tree, bay tree, &c.
indeed l have seen some tracts equal in
qdaiity. think, to the lands on Beargrass
creek, whicl on account Of the mixture
OF sand, they more nearly resemble than
they DO taose about Lexington. Such
tracts, however, are neither numerous nor
sxteusiye--but there IS plenty of good
farming land wei, Uatered and not unreal
sonably broken. The wheat raised here is
generally superior to what is raised in.
Kentucky, and have seen several speci-
n,ens Oft, and we have two mills capable
Of making very good 6ne -four.
Below this place, the stone is priuci-
palIy free stone; but above this there is
very COMMONLY 10 be met with a soft
crumbiing limestone, and wherever there
is small hiH Of il, you may be sure of
finding a rich, b.ack soil, so far round the
H. "a.
to- They plaat corn from the beginning
OF March to the middle of July. We have
new corn meal at this time. They reap
their wheat in May, SO that they have new
tlnnr by the time the -four of ihe proceed
ing year from Kentucky reaches New-Or.
leans. Its remarkably fine country for
pork and beef. No expense attends the
raising of either, as food: whilst pork
from the woods sells at and S 6per 100,
and beef at S 8. A neighbor of mine
received few weeks since, s 400 for
beet, furnished al an Indian treaty here,
which never cost him one dollar. Tres-
ties however, do not take place every year.
There were 27oC Indians here, at one
time. We see enough Of them every day
but they behave we'll.
q The usual market is Mobile and PEN
sacola, but unless those places increase in
the same proportion that the settlements
here will do, we must look to some more
distant market. Cotton however, may be
regarded as the staple article; but the Spa
nish imposition Of ~ per ceDium, is q
great drawback on the profits OF the plan
ter here but we look forward with cent?
dence TO the extinction ofthis claim. The
price of corn is FROM half dollar to dol
lar per barrel Of one and haIfbushels and
the price OF wheat from one dollar to one
and half per bushel. Cows are nearly
the same price as in Kentucky, but u IS
difficult to boy any, as people do not like TO
decrease their stocks, though they are ire
quen,Iy immensely large. The price OF
land may be averaged at 2S--snd there
will be some valuable tracts TO be sold this
winter by the United States. However,
the quantity Of good land for sale Is
net large, and consequently one wishing
20 purchase, ought 70 see the country and
make bis choice in time. The distance
~ land from Nashville, is about 90 miles-
Ssry few tracts will sell fer more than 50,
uavsbIe in four instruments.