LETTERS
FROM
THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS.
BY
CHARLES LANMAN,
AUTHOR OF “A TOUR TO THE RIVER SAGUENAY,” “A SUMMER IN THE WILDERNESS,” AND “ESSAYS FOR SUMMER HOURS.”
NEW-YORK:
GEO. P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY.
1849.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by
GEO. P. PUTNAM,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York.
TO
JOSEPH GALES, ESQ.,
Mr Dear Sir,—
I have two reasons for embellishing this little volumewith your distinguished and honored name. In the first place, thematerial of which it is composed, was originally published in the NationalIntelligencer; and in the second place, I desire to record the fact, thatfor many years past, in all matters appertaining to my pen you have beento me an invaluable counsellor and friend.
In love and gratitude,
Very sincerely yours,
Charles Lanman.
Washington, D. C., August, 1849.
CONTENTS.
- LETTER I.
- PAGE
- Dahlonega, 9
- LETTER II.
- Trip to Track Rock, 20
- LETTER III.
- Valley of the Nacoochee, 25
- LETTER IV.
- Cascade of Tuccoah, 31
- LETTER V.
- The Falls of Tallulah, 36
- LETTER VI.
- The Hunter of Tallulah, 47
- LETTER VII.
- Trail Mountain, 53
- LETTER VIII.
- Down the Owassa, 58
- LETTER IX.
- Across the Mountains, 65
- LETTER X.
- Notes on the Little Tennessee, 75
- LETTER XI.
- The Smoky Mountain, 84
- LETTER XII.
- The Cherokees of Carolina, 93
- LETTER XIII.
- Cherokee Customs, 100
- LETTER XIV.
- Cherokee Characters, 106
- LETTER XV.
- Hickory Nut Gap, 115
- LETTER XVI.< ...
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