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 volume with your distinguished and honored name. In the first place, the material of which it is composed, was originally published in the _National Intelligencer_; and in the second place, I desire to record the fact, that for many years past, in all matters appertaining to my pen you have been to 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