The passage of Adair being the only notice on the extent of the Kataba language found in the early authors, excepting Lawson, I transcribe it here in full (History, pp. 224. 225): "About the year 1743, the nation (of the Katahba) consisted of almost four hundred warriors, of above twenty different dialects. I shall mention a few of the national names of those who make up this mixed language; the _Kátahba_ is the standard or court dialect--the _Wateree_, who make up a large town; _Eenó, Charàh_, ||_-wah_, now _Chowan, Canggaree, Nachee, Yamasee, Coosah_, etc. Their country had an old waste field of seven miles extent, and several others of smaller dimensions, which shows that they were formerly a numerous people, to cultivate so much land with their dull stone axes, etc."