. The American Carlsbad and its famous natural medicinal waters. ther satisfactory test. The proof of the pudding lies rather in its eatingthan in the recipe for its construction, and the value of a medicinal mineral water is deter-mined by the bonafide cures resulting from its use. •• Mineral Waters of the United States and Canadas. 8 BOWDEN LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA. For over lOO years the locality from which Bowden Lithia Water comes was known as a deer-lick by the Cherokee Indians, who at one time inhabited all the northern and cen-tral part of Georgia, and the edges of the bowlders in the S
. The American Carlsbad and its famous natural medicinal waters. ther satisfactory test. The proof of the pudding lies rather in its eatingthan in the recipe for its construction, and the value of a medicinal mineral water is deter-mined by the bonafide cures resulting from its use. •• Mineral Waters of the United States and Canadas. 8 BOWDEN LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA. For over lOO years the locality from which Bowden Lithia Water comes was known as a deer-lick by the Cherokee Indians, who at one time inhabited all the northern and cen-tral part of Georgia, and the edges of the bowlders in the Springs show to-day conclusiveevidences that these animals frequented the Springs and licked the rocks in order toobtain the saline properties of the Water. An unquestioned indication of the value placedupon the Water by the Indians themselves is shown by the fact that they hollowed out ofthe solid rock the smooth, round basins so characteristic of the race, and which were foundwhen the Springs were prepared for general use. It was a medicine spring for the. KALMIA AVENUE, BANKS OF THE SWEET ,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. Cherokees, and around it hovered the Spirit of Healing in the Indian mind, sent by theManitou, or Great Spirit, to heal their wounded or diseased bodies and renew their wontedvigor, so essential for the chase or the war-path. The first authentic cure effected by the water upon a white person was in the caseof Mr. M. S. Gore, an old man, now 73 years of age, who at the time of the cure was a ladof 13 years, and who still resides in the vicinity of the Springs. His use of the water wasowing to the advice of the Indians. Since then, and up to within five years, no attempthad been made to keep any record of the many cures effected, although for many yearsprior to 1S84 parties came from long distances, bringing tents for living purposes, therebeing no accommodations, and subsisting upon the game to be found in the woods, andprovisions brought with them from t
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