# Letters from the Alleghany Mountains

Author: Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48408

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Letters+from+the+Alleghany+Mountains+Lanman&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Cherokee word Dah-lon-e-ga signifies _the place of yellow metal_; and is now applied to a small hamlet at the foot of the Alleghany Mountains, in Lumpkin county, Georgia, which is reputed to be the wealthiest gold region in the United States. It is recorded of De Soto and his followers that, in the sixteenth century, they explored this entire Southern country in search of gold, and unquestionable evidences of their work have been discovered in various sections of the State. Among these testimonials may be mentioned the remains of an old furnace, and other works for mining, which have been brought to light by recent explorations. But the attention of our own people was first directed t...

## Chapters

- [LETTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/22/index.md)
- [LETTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/19/index.md)
- [LETTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/6/index.md)
- [LETTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/2/index.md)
- [LETTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/10/index.md)
- [LETTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/11/index.md)
- [LETTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/15/index.md)
- [LETTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/12/index.md)
- [LETTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/21/index.md)
- [LETTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/17/index.md)
- [LETTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/18/index.md)
- [LETTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/13/index.md)
- [LETTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/16/index.md)
- [LETTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/9/index.md)
- [LETTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/7/index.md)
- [LETTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/4/index.md)
- [LETTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/20/index.md)
- [LETTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/14/index.md)
- [LETTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/3/index.md)
- [LETTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/5/index.md)
- [LETTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/8/index.md)
- [LETTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-from-the-alleghany-mountains-48408/chapters/1/index.md)