This town of refuge called _Choate_,[60] is situated on a large stream of the Missisippi, five miles above the late unfortunate _Fort-Loudon_,[61]—where some years ago, a brave Englishman was protected after killing an Indian warrior in defense of his property. The gentleman told me, that as his trading house was near to that town of refuge, he had resolved with himself, after some months stay in it, to return home; but the head-man assured him, that though he was then safe, it would prove fatal if he removed thence; so he continued in his asylum still longer, till the affair was by time more obliterated, and he had wiped off all their tears with various presents. In the upper or most western part of the country of the Muskóhge, there was an old beloved town, now reduced to a small ruinous village, called _Koosah_,[62] which is still a place of safety for those who kill undesignedly. It stands on commanding ground, over-looking a bold river, which after running about forty leagues, sweeps close by the late mischievous French garrison _Alebámah_, and down to _Mobille-Sound_, 200 leagues distance, and so into the gulph of Florida. In almost every Indian nation, there are several _peaceable towns_, which are called “old-beloved,” “ancient, holy, or white towns[XXXVI];” they seem to have been formerly “towns of refuge,” for it is not in the memory of their oldest people, that ever human blood was shed in them; although they often force persons from thence, and put them to death elsewhere. Footnote XXXVI: WHITE is their fixt emblem of peace, friendship, happiness, prosperity, purity, holiness, &c. as with the Israelites. ARGUMENT XVI. Before the Indians go to WAR, they have many preparatory ceremonies of _purification_ and _fasting_, like what is recorded of the Israelites.