The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-24

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
July 20, 1876. !
In this centennial year when Incl.
dents OF a hundred years ago are re-
.lled, it may not be out of place to give
the history of the discovery of the waters
ut this place. An adventurous pioneer
by the name of Carpenter was the dis
coverer, and having built log cabin he
returned to the Valley of Virginia and
brought his wife and child to dwell with
HIM in his lovely mountain home. This
WAS IN 1856. Soon afterwards a depro-
dating band of Indians killed Carpenter,
while his wife, whose name was Kate,
with her little girl escaped to neigh
boring mountain, where they subsisted
for days on berries and then made their
way to fort on Dunlap's creek, near
where the town of Covington now
stands. The mountain to which Kate
Carpenter fed for refuge from the bar
barous enemy is now known as Hates
mountain and stands an everlasting
monument to her memory. Mrs.
Carpenter afterwards returned to
her home and remained until her daugh-
ter grew up to womanhood, living in am
icsble relations with the Indians that
At that early day occasionally visited
these mountains. AS have given you
scrap OF history, I will proceed in the
same connection to give you
LEGEND,
which, il not as we'll authenticated, at
least presents q stronger touch of ro-
nance than the history have given.
Near this place, on the mountain side, is
high rock, Familiarity known to the
visitor who resorts thither in his after.
noon walk, as "Lover's Leap" Tradition
says that Hawk Eye, ayoung Shawnee
chief, IN one of his visits TO this region,
became desperately enamored with the
young Kate Carpenter. With that ar.
dent devotion peculiar to the youthful
Indian warrior, he csnsecrsted his SER
vices 10 the object of his alteration. He
killed the choicest venison in his day
hunts and brought it to the cabin where
the white maiden dwelt with her Wild
owed mother. He caught the speckled
trout from the mountain brooks and
brought them t, her as tokens of his af.
fections. He gathered the early wild
flowers from the neighboring mountains,
with which TO decorate his lady love.
Thus the long summer days passed and
the Indian boy dreamed his
dream OF love. With the
autumn days came chilling frost to
blight the bloom of his youthful sttec-
tions. The unsentimental hate, con-
trsry 10 the wishes or expectations OF
novel readers and writers, failed to re-
ciprocate, and gave hor hand and heart
to a young lieutenant, who carried her to
his home in the valley OF Virginia, where
she became the mother ot family, from
whom have descended some Of the best
people in that famous region of the old
Common wealth. On the wedding day
when the newly married couple departed
for their homo in the cast the young
Shawnee chief climbed the mountain
side and stood upon the high rock watch
ing the receding form OF his lost idol
As he csugh, the last sight of her making
the tsrn OF Dry Creek mountain in the
distance, be gave one loud, wild shrek Of
despair, and, lcap,ns into midair, fell
liteless corpse on the rocks below. Since
that time the rock has borne the name Of
"Lovers Leap"
roLIrICs.
The primary election is hold in this
county to-day, but, OF course, the result,
viii not be known for several days. The
contest for tho nomination for House
Of Delegates is between Cap. a. Z. Sny.
der, of Lswisburg, and Mr.. Kyle Bright,
OF Sinking Creek. Captain Snyder j,
one of the bsst:lawysrs in the State, and
is clear, cool headed man. Mr. Bright
is . farmer Of large means . worthy
and intelligent gentleman, and in any
event Greenbrier cannot fail in having
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