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Martinsburgh Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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A report from Milledgeville, Georgia, details Col. Hawkins' recent expedition down the Chattahoochee River, revealing that the fertile lands ceded by the Creek Indians to the US within Georgia's limits exceed expectations in quantity and quality, ideal for settlements, with the river praised for its beauty and navigability.
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We are informed by an intelligent gentleman who accompanied col. Hawkins on his late expedition down the Chattahoochie, that the quantity of fertile land inclosed in the cession of territory made by the Creek Indians to the United States, and falling within the ultimate limits of this State, is much greater than had been supposed.--
He represents the land bordering on the Chattahoochie and on many of the creeks which empty into it, to be of very superior quality, and affording settlements the most desirable he has seen in the southern States. He speaks also in high terms of the beauty of the Chattahoochie river and of its fitness for navigation.
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Chattahoochie, Georgia
Event Date
April 5
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quantity of fertile land in the cession much greater than supposed; land of superior quality bordering chattahoochie and creeks, affording desirable settlements; river beautiful and fit for navigation.
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An intelligent gentleman who accompanied col. Hawkins on his late expedition down the Chattahoochie reports that the fertile land enclosed in the Creek Indians' cession to the United States, within this State's limits, exceeds prior suppositions in quantity. The land along the river and emptying creeks is of very superior quality, providing the most desirable settlements seen in the southern States.