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~£~ OGOSd T^e *vo Br ches of Pearl River unite 'rout 10 miles higher up, and then th* River often forming Lakes continues Navigable for about 200 Kile* more, after that it Surrounds the v. & N. part of the Chaetav Nation and the Heads of the Pascn Oocooln River and interlocks with the vaters of the Tombeckbe, or Mobile River.
There is a Scandalous illicit Trade Carried on between the inhabitants of the Country between Tenglpnaho and the bay of -t. Louis and the Spaniards at Orleans, the former (of which many have taken the Oath of allegiance to and hold Estates under both Governments) Supplying the latter vith Pitch, Tary Charcoal,.Live Oak and Cattle by the way of St. Johns Creek.
Description of Pearl River and Inhabitants from Bernard Romans Map of 177^
to the Marine Society of the City of N. Y. in the Province of K. Y. in North America
B. Romans
(The Meriden Oravure Co., Meriden, Conn.) Mississippi Archives - A2