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3 Springs June 2^nd 1816.

Dear Sir

From Reynoldsburgh M^r Dickson Esq^r & myself
wrote you jointly and inclosed a plate of the road, that we
have lately surveyed - When we arrived in the Nation the
Cheifs were collecting in a grand counsel, principally occasi=
=oned by a letter received from the Cheif of the Cherokee
Nation inviting a deputation from the Chickasaw Choctaw
Creek & Cherokee Nations to meet at turkey town on the 27^th
Ult. (I believe was the time) in order to settle their boundaries
&c - I attended as a spectator, the Agent Colo Cocke produced
a letter from the secretary of War; making propositions for
the purchase of the lands belonging to that Nation North
of the Tennessee River; they appeared much dissatisfyd
with that part of the letter that wished a purchase
I think the proposition would have been better rec^d
had they not been so much dissatisfyd with the line
run by Gen^l Coffee dividing their lands from those
of the Creeks obtained by Gen^l Jackson's treaty,
In council they had two depositions read which the agent
had obtained (I believe Perry and M^cGee) which as well as I
recollect proves that the line ought to be run from a
small creek above the Mussel shoals, to flat rock (o
stone) thence to the head of Black Warrior and down that
stream - The secretarys letter ^stating that if Gen^l Coffees line was
not correct, it should be corrected appeared to give
satisfaction - I applied individually to some of
the Cheifs relative to the Saline on lands they
appeared very averse to leaving or selling, saying