Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . f a Forgotten Race. Volume II. The Legend of As preserved by White, the legend of Na-Nacoochee. coochee differs somewhat from the tradi- tional account given by Mr. Williams, butthe greater weight of authority belongs to the latter, whowas a life-long resident. But according to Mooney, thereis no basis in fact for either of these legends. He saysthat the name of the valley interpreted to mean theevening star is not a word of Cherokee origin, and thatpossibly it came from the Creeks. Under the personal supervision of the Rev. John , a consecrat
Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . f a Forgotten Race. Volume II. The Legend of As preserved by White, the legend of Na-Nacoochee. coochee differs somewhat from the tradi- tional account given by Mr. Williams, butthe greater weight of authority belongs to the latter, whowas a life-long resident. But according to Mooney, thereis no basis in fact for either of these legends. He saysthat the name of the valley interpreted to mean theevening star is not a word of Cherokee origin, and thatpossibly it came from the Creeks. Under the personal supervision of the Rev. John , a consecrated minister of the gospel, the Presby-terians of Georgia have started a splendid school atSautee for the mountain boys and girls. It is called Na-coohcee Institute. The school overlooks the far-famedvalley, in which the great Chattahoochee Eiver is atmosphere is saturated with Indian traditions, andin the back-ground looms the imperial brow of Mount z> ooooImm rrm D rm o?n HX m oI> H> X ooo Imm. ^ ^ -? White 1031 Yonah. If environment plays any part in the formationof character, there is here afforded an unsurpassed gym-nasium for developing the youth of Greorgia in the finerthings of the spirit. Some idea of the possibilities ofthis work for the mountain children may be gleaned fromthe phenomenal success of a much older school near Rome.(See article on Mount Berry: How the Sunday Lady ofPossum Trot Won the Mountains). Where Gold was It was in the upper part of thisFirst Discovered in county, on Dukes Creek, the nameNorth Georgia. by which the Nacoochee River was formerly known, that the yellowmetal was first discovered by the whites, in 1828; andprior to the opening of the rich gold fields of California,the North G-eorgia mines were supposed to contain thelargest deposits of the precious ore to be found anywherein the world. From an authoritative work on the sub-ject,* issued by a former State geologist, the followingbrief paragraph is quoted: The earliest
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