Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-05

tht certificate OF DIR. jackson in refer
enc to the modern discovery of this
sping. which is as follows, to-wit:
i Alvah Jackson, OF Carroll county
AMI State OF Arkansas, do hereby cer-
|tiiy that the followine 3 statement OF my
discovery of the Eureka Springs, in the
County of Carroll and State of Arkansas,
anG on the head of Leatherwood, one OF
the tributaries of White river, is in all
its PARTICULARS true and correct"
About twenty-tour years ago, l was
hunting bear at the head OF Leather
wool. About ten o'clock my dogs.
three in number, started in and run q
panther into hole in the Cliff, about
thirty yards above the spring; l came
up tothem in few minutes, and found
the dogs and panther engaged in terri
bic fight in the hole, clear out OF my
sight. ... -t--
Abo,t two O'Clock the fight ended by
my dogs killing the panther. / was
presen, within few feet, all the time
the fight was going on. though l could
not ge chance to help them in the
fight, tie hole being too small. Two
OF my dogs finally came out. torn 80
badly that had no hopes of their re-
covery. ..,...-,-,., s..-
Befole the dogs came out could
hear them pulling at the panther as if
they were trying to pull him out OF the
hole. They lett the other dog in the
hols behind the panther. There were
large heavy rocks in the hole that l
could not get out without help, so l re-
tuned home, but came back next morn
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erpersons. My son had sore eyes at
that time, and he complained that he
dill not feel like work therefore ad-
vbed him to wash his eyes in the spring.
fer had believed for long time that
there we're some medical properties in
he spring. He did so some three times
during our stay at the spring. We
finally relieved my dog, and found him
badly torn by the panther. The pan
ther was jammed in small hole in the
cliff, so close that I could not get him
out, so LETT him there and went home.
The next evening you could not have
tsld that my son ever had sore eyes
His eyes were completely cured, and
this convinced me that there was medi.
cal virtue in the water.
Ihad read the history Of the Spanish
adventurer, Ponce de Leon, and other
histories OF this section OF the country,
In which they spoke OF there being 8
spnng somewhere in this region that
performed great cures, at least so the
Indians reported. They also reported
thst they even strangely improved. and
thst there was virtue in the water.
went back the third. day to further ex
anime the spring ], went to work clean
ins away the dirt and rock, and after 8
tine discovered hole or basin in th,
ro,k. 1t was full OF blue mud, fine fin
and gravel, packed so close and hare
that it was very troublesome to dig out
II lad to use a common crowbar to dig
th. mud and gravel out.
When l cleaned and washed the BASH
out, and examined it thoroughly fel
fully satisfied that had found it. Ani
having used and tasted the water fully
for twenty years. l am convinced, in my
own mind, it is the spring spoken of by
the first Spanish discoverer OF this
country. ~, -
I am graduate of the Douglas Med
ical school OF Kentucky.
[Signed1 ALvAH JACKSON.