Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-07

exAfhinsd the 1ocality sohe time since for
nv own satisfaction, and am able to give the
following facts In connection with H. There
ara Al this ppot. remarkable remains Of some
ancient brenst-works, whether they were
made be De Soto or not And below these
remains, not very for distant from the creek,
Is large fat stone or rock, which u is said
was formerly covered, by projecting rocks,
verv curiously shaped, some like an eagles
head, and all possessed strange resemblances.
But the most Of these, ifnot all indeed, have
been broken off and carried away by visitors
10 the springs. When / was there and ex-
amined this rock, found many shells partly
embedded in IT, II seems TO be a limestone
rock. If this is not the rock mentioned BY
the writer above, II nevertheless, possessed a
very singular coincidental resemblance.
In regard to the Indian legand about hear
ing the 'sGreat Spirit on the opposite side
of the little stream, under ground, viii say
that il is small item, but very important
one in this connection, and win relate after
a little, very curious incident which oc-
Cured at this place some years ago, some
what by way Of confirming the Correctness
of the writer of the above old manuscript |
will for the present, however, call the readers
attention to the account as given above OF the
locality where the creek passes through the
mountain gorge. believe that l am war
ranted, from my individual observations at
the place, in saying that the opening an
Taytor's Ridge near Ringold, and through
which passes the w. h A. r. R., was the
spot described by the old chronicler as the
Opening left expressly for the use OF the
creek" "
l promised above to narrate an incident
which occurred some years ago at the rock
on which were found the eagles heads, etc
must promise, however, with the statement
| that about the time the Oherokees were
moved to the West, there was house built
near this rock, and almost upon 1t, which was
kept for some years as o hotel by an Indian
| Just at the foot of this rock, and on the oppo'
site side of the little stream which washes it,
Sides there was discovered small branch ol
stream of water running from under the
ground between some rocks emptying into
the former. And upon prizing up good
sized stone, there was opened upa fine bold
spring, themouth of the underground stream
And whoever has drank of its waters, mus'
pronounce them to be inferior to none any
where for GOODNESS and excellence of taste
And on examination, this underground
stream was discovered by the resonance oi
the ground over it, to run far up into tielc
or orchard on its own side of the above little
stream. - .-.-..
Now will relate the incident which II
said TO have occurred here. do not voucf
for its truth, but only give it as it was told e
me. The gentleman who told 1t TO me SAID
that he was working in the above mentioned
field or orchard early on certain morning
some years since, and on going to his break.
fast passed by this spring, in which he tount
one or two ducks playing in the water. Or
his return from breakfast he says the duck
were no longer in the spring. And passing
on to his work, he was not a little surprised
to hear the quacking of duck under th'
accounted for it by supposing that one oi
both ducks had dived down in the spring, ant
came up on the wrong side, finding them
selves under ground.