Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-31
BY JUICE TouLMIN.
A l. A b A Nj A.

4 river in North America so called from
tribe oil Indians WHO formerly resided adjaeen, to
It. Ii takes iis rise in the Cherokee nation near the
boundary lire between the states of Georgia and
Tennessee, and nui .ar tr1m the 55t,, .-crce of
north latitude, aud proce eding in southwcst-
| wariiy ii ecuol, uniies sih;l,e Tomhgbee. nine
mics :.hoyc thf Slst degree of north latitude, aud
forms with 1t, the river Mobile. The Junction of
the two rivers is about IS miles from the head OF
Mobile Bcy, and the river is nayiSabie thus far,
and indeed several miles further, Tor any vessel
wrich can come up the bay. In the upper part
OF the bay, You cannot count upon more than III
feet al water at ordinary tides but when yon get
into the river, you lave generally for or FIVE
!atho,ns 20 tic forks.
From. the junction TO Fort Claiborne, tie dis
lance is about co mites, and the river is ns,igable
thus far, 1t the lowest tide, for any vessel which
VIII not draw more than six feet of water. The
distanee from thence TO the mouth OF the Cahsw-
ba, on the western side OF the Alabama, is estina-
ted at $50 miles, and the river affords TO this place.
tour or Eve feet depth Of water. From til,
mouth OF the Caiawbs TO tie forks of the Goose and
Iallapoos:, IL is sid TO b. 90 miles thcngh some
10 not estn a- the distance so great, and the
sa'ion is still good except at ~ rppes, IN which
However, there is plenty of water, and they
pass over them with poles.-ln this part Of the
RIVER 1t Is three feet deep in ihe shallowest pls-
COS.
The river here loses its name. The eastern
,c'' Being called the 1'anpo,se Mbie, EXCEPT
longing ia the Creeks--whilst the western brsnci
oil the Alabama is called the Goose. The Tslla-
oose is hoatable TO the great falls, so or 20 niles
.bove the fork. About eight miles by water
| (iEought rot three in straight line) above TIE
Junction of the Goose and IalIapoose, the two rv-
/ ers approach very near to each OtLer-and it
| Is ~ tbs point OF land that Fort Jackson stands
From thence tode falls of Goose the dil,au ce
IS seven or eight miles and here the niNis a;ion of
the Goose msy, in the present state OF things he
considered as ffDry iS
TIM oi rocky shoals 10 Fort Williams, distance Of
80 mi'es--a circumstance tie more to he regroted
| rs the nsyieation is not materially distracted g.
| bcVe, sad can be pursued up the Coosc to Gne of
lis head streams called tie CoSnesaugab, Which is
about 80 feet wide, end from the hoatable part of
| wllicl! C. the atable part at the Annoy il is nut
! eight or ten miles over fro, level county,
| he Annoy rs about 60 feet wide, 'snd is a branch
Of the Hiwassee, which discharges iiself into the
| Tennessee shout .shty miles below Knoxville
| The distance from For, Williams to Fort Stroller
| It the. Ten isaGds, where the Cherokee he
| siriEea the Goose river, is nearly sixty miles ~
land but considerably more ~ water. From thence
to the portage, or highest poin, OF navigation on the
Come ssausah, it is probably 100 or $50 miles by
land
As to the great falls between Fort Williams md
| Fort Jackson it is the opinio of some that they
might he rendered nsvigable, with no Very great
Glihcnity There IS water enough, but tie rocky
| shoals are very rumerou- Boats indeed loaded
i','''-'D'''
yer, aud pass them during tie late Greek war ;
bnt the hazard very considerable, AID some Of
them were de.trnyed.
sto the slime it taxes to navigate the Alah2-
'na, II 'HaF be slated, that to go from Mobile to
Fort jackson. distance Of about 900 miles it Will
tSke frcm q n oath TO six weeks according 10 The
state Ct the river. a barge y IL FIVE hands and
12j b'rrels, has gone from Mobile 70 Fort Jack
son IN dirty days; but It was reckoned re-
fcarkai'e good tip. Tie business however is
| cd l.
d.fon.
The Goose under the names Of Conuesaural
| EstenaGIy, ilighiour, &c. runs probably about
one hundred and fifty miles (cs,imstng the dis.
tance by land) Through the Cherokee territory, in
the north western corner Of tie state OF Geor.
gia.
1t then proceeds through the Riddle Of villa, tn
lately vas lie Creek country in Il c Mississippi ter
rltory of the United States; and did not encr the.
| country occupied by white people, till within shout
90 miles oil Its junction with the TOmmgbY Pat
| l,y tie treaty which, terminated the war with the
| Greeks Indians in August 1914, the Goose ris er
| WAS made the boundary line between The lands Of
| tie Greeks aud the lands OF tie United States,
| rom the Ten Islands on the Goose river,
10 Wctamke,s Or tie great falls near Fort Jack
| son.
From Wetumke, thc line runs across eastward
1 y about IS mics, then southw afdiy across the
| iaiapOese to the month Of Ofuskee, and up the
Oiuskee ten miles, and thence s. 10 iG, Il. G. niie-
chee, 10 miles above ihc 3tft degree Of NORTH lat
! tide, the boundary line between The Missss.p-
| o. territory and Nes-FOrda, and from the mou,i.
OF Sumuchicboba, due east uir,ugh The state Of
Georgia. to TIE Aiianaha, two miles east Of Goose
! creek. a. Z whole IT tie Greek country, West &
| South Of tie Alabama ard tie line above meg
Toned, ccdCd to The United States ly tie ire a.
] - with general Iackson. That part Of The s5on
viieh fails within the Mississippi territory amounts
probably to about seventeen Thousand square miles
or about much AS Tie four states of Rhodc-!,i.
and, Connecticut, New-Jersey and Delaware. 49,
| The I,nd however is not generally valuable
large proportion Of 1t Is poor nine land
| That which borders on Florida is very ind,hcr.
! ent.
| There is enough eood land hov ey, e. ia the ce.
ded territory to support very iespcc ahlc unlni-
laiion, AID there arc already dune, 1870 from
SIX TO seven thousand souls settled IN The county
\ Of Monroe, which iDcudcs The whole Of dc
territory selinqaished by the Crect Irdians, co.
eopting u,at iieh lies within TIC limits of Gcor-
| gia
Tier arc valuable low grounds orswarnn lands
rs il,cy csilcd, the Alabama, from is iusc-
| ton viii, tie Tombiphy, covered near tie river
1 with gsantc canes; but falling OF Afterwards into
lover isnds, less pubIc If culiigati.n called
| cg0rt swamp. u gh concbrake land ~ this low
CT eouau could ~ doubt be pfoGishly cntiyaiet'
! foi the Sugar cane but il is tesrcey settled at
| 90 Up 70 tiie cd Indian 'uc, uesr Tepssr.
| 90 miles a'ove She fix Of Ionb.sby and Alafs-
I M; for there are bu, few pris2te c.sims on tie
liver, ash lie public isndshs,O nc,.r yet been o.
! ieref ior sae. Wien yon 60 be' ood The o,f li.c.
/ esuntry is wcl seized neaa tie riscf spd de
element continues twenty miles sbo,e FCri