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Milledgeville
15th June 1829
Sir
I have the honor herewith to transmit a map of the true boundary line between the Creek & Cherokee Tribes of Indians within the chartered limits of Georgia prior to the last cession by the Creeks run and marked in obedience to your instructions of the
17th February and
5th of May last. -- That a more clear view of the land claimed by Georgia as Creek land might be exhibited the Alabama State line the Carroll County line and the Chattahoochee River are also added to the map. Taking the testimony which had been collected as a guide. The line was commenced at [unclear text: Suwanna ] old Town on the west bank of the Chattahoochee River where the old Etowah Path crosses that river and run on from thence with that path twenty miles to the twenty mile post on the north bank of the [unclear text: Alukulsah ] River - thence with the meanderings of that River - until it empties into the Etowah at Sixas old Town


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making a distance of thirty Eight miles and forty chains and in its general Course varying not far from West. The line until it strikes the [unclear text: AluKulsah ] is marked by a blaze and three chops on the trees each side of the path -- from the point where the [unclear text: AluKulsah ] empties into the Etowah down to the junction of the [unclear text: Oostenallah ] & Etowah the distance with the river is supposed to be forty miles. That part of the map describing the course of the Etowah cannot be relied upon with certainty as it was not made from actual survey. from information obtained and actual observation it is believed to be correct. That the line run is thus far the true boundary line there cannot be a reasonable doubt. by a reference to the map it will be perceived that the [unclear text: AluKulsah ] River is the boundary for some distance - the name of this River means in the Indian tongue boundary or dividing line - and the line from [unclear text: Suwanna ] old Town to this River & from the mouth of it to the mouth of the Etowah runs much the same course of the River - The boundary line on the West side of the Coosa River is involved in some uncertainty. The only proof that could be obtained that there ever was a boundary there is the letter of General Jackson to the Secretary at War dated
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it is there stated that the Creek Path running from the junction of the Etowah & Oostenahlah Rivers to Tennessee River was the true line of boundary prior to that period. That path could not be found - the Alabama Road is the only [illegible text] leading from the junction of the River towards the Tennessee River.- and that road was run and marked as the boundary -- if there ever was a path there called the Creek Path. This road now runs where the path did -- [deleted text: [illegible text] ] [added text: and that ] this was the line of boundary is strongly corroborated by the fact that it pursues the general course of the [unclear text: AluKulsah ] and Etowah Rivers and runs in a [illegible text] course- the distance from the junction of the Oostenahlah & Etowah Rivers along this Road to the Georgia & Alabama boundary line is 17 miles & 60 chains
During the progress of the survey I was visited by Colonel Hugh Montgomery the United States Agent for the Cherokees who after requesting a Copy of my instructions entered a protest against the surveys which protest with its accompanying documents (Nos 1. 2 3 & 4) together with my reply (No. 5.) are also herewith transmitted.-

I am Sir Your Obt [Obedient] Servant
[Signed] Samuel A. Wales
His Excy [Excellency] John Forsyth Governor &c [et cetera]