Ocmulgee;
Williams locates it on the Chattah dice; Gallatin on the Oconc r the Savannah;
Meek and Monette, following him, probably in the fork of the Savannah and the
Broad; 1'ickett. with Jones and others following him. at Silver bluff on the east
i north) hank of the Savannah, in Barnwell county, South Carolina, about 25 mile- by
water below the present Augusta. It will thus be seen that at the very outset of our
inquiry the commentators differ by a distance equal to more than half the width of
the stat i -of ( Jeorgia. It will suffice here to say, without going into the argument, that,
the author is inclined to believe that the Indian town was on or near Silver bluff,
which was noted for its extensive ancient remains as far back as Bartram'stime
(Travels. 313), and where the noted George Galphin established a trading post in
1736. The original site has since been almost entirely worn away by the river.
According to the Indians of Cofitaehiqui, the town, which was on the farther i north)
bank of the stream, was tw o day's journey from the sea, probably by canoe, and the
sailors « ith the expedition believed tin- river to be the same one that entered al St.
Helena, which was a very close guess. The Spaniards were shown here European
articles which they were told had been obtained from white men who had entered the
river's mouth many years before. These they conjectured to have been the men
with Ayllon, who had landed on that coast in 1520 and again in 1524. The town was
probably the ancient