Hot Springs, Arkansas; its hotels, baths, resorts and beautiful scenery .. . e, is tothe effect that warfare and strife of any kind was never carried on here. The val-ley was called Man-a-ta-ka which signifies a Place of Peace. It was neutralground and here all hostilities were suspended, all met in friendship and smoked thepipe of peace. In this valley was absolute immunity from harm. It was religiouslybelieved that if a life of any kind was taken here, even of the birds and beasts, or ifstrife was carried on, the Great Spirit would withdraw his breath from the waters,and they would forevermo
Hot Springs, Arkansas; its hotels, baths, resorts and beautiful scenery .. . e, is tothe effect that warfare and strife of any kind was never carried on here. The val-ley was called Man-a-ta-ka which signifies a Place of Peace. It was neutralground and here all hostilities were suspended, all met in friendship and smoked thepipe of peace. In this valley was absolute immunity from harm. It was religiouslybelieved that if a life of any kind was taken here, even of the birds and beasts, or ifstrife was carried on, the Great Spirit would withdraw his breath from the waters,and they would forevermore be cold and without life and healing. Small wonderthat the savage bosom was filled with sacred awe of the place, that the animals weretame and fearless, that the squirrels and smaller beasts disported unterrified on themountain side, that the shrill war-whoop never sent terror to the breasts of defence-less women and children, that the hatchet was never raised above the head of anenemy, and the twang of the bow-string and the whiz of its deadly missile werenever J. —^p Rcpoi^T OF THC Health Departacnt, City of Kot Springs, flfkansas, 1892. Albanj% N. Y., for 9 months, Bridgeport, Conn., 11 Baltimore, Md., 11 Buffalo, N. Y., 11 Brooklyn, N. Y., 11 Concord, N. H., 9 Charleston, S. C, 11 Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 Chattanooga, Tenn., 11 Chicago, 111., 9 Detroit, Mich., 11 Dayton, Ohio, * 11 Evansville, Ind., 11 Galveston, Tex., 11 Hartford, Conn., 11 Knoxville, Tenn., 11 Los Angeles, Cal., 11 Louisville, Ky., 11 Lynchliurg, Va., 11 Milwaukee, Wis., 11 Mobile, Ala., 11 Macon, Ga., ... Newjiort, N. J., 11 New Haven, Conn., 8 Kew York, N. Y., 11 THS IN A FEW OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS. 891 Nashville, Tenn., for tir ^t 11 months, .... New Orleans, La., 11 ... .... Philadelphia, Pa., 11 ... .... Paterson, N. J., 11 ... .... Pittsburgh, Pa., 9 ... .... Providence, R. I., 8 ... .... Pensacola, Fla.,
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