Apple and peach orchards are quite common, and gardens are cultivated and much attention paid to them.

Butter and cheese are seen on Cherokee tables.

There are many public roads in the nation, and houses of entertainment kept by natives.
Numerous and flourishing villages are seen in every section of the country.

Cotton and woolen cloths are manufactured; blankets of various dimensions, manufactured by Cherokee hands, are very common.

Almost every family in the nation grows cotton for its own consumption.