Thursday, April 27, 2006
Sites: Lover's Leap
While the story varies according to the teller of the story, the main elements are that an Indian brave and an Indian princess from warring tribes were prevented from marrying by thier parents and tribes.
One evening when the Indian brave landed his canoe in Bear Creek, he was observed meeting and walking with the Indian princess. A treacherous observer revealed this to the father of the Indian princess who was the Cheif of the tribe.
Tha angered father offered an otter skin to anyone who would kill the brave. A number of the younger warriors started after the brave. When the couple realized they were being chased, they climbed Lover's Leap hoping to elude their pursuers.
Cornered on the rock prominence, the brave knew he was about to be killed. The princess also realized this and decided that life would not be worth living if he were killed.
The two embraced and threw themselves off of the top of Lover's Leap to their deaths. Lover's Leap is thus a memorial to these two young Indians who sacrificed their lives rather than be apart, according to the legend.
Written by J. Hurley and Roberta Hagood.
One evening when the Indian brave landed his canoe in Bear Creek, he was observed meeting and walking with the Indian princess. A treacherous observer revealed this to the father of the Indian princess who was the Cheif of the tribe.
Tha angered father offered an otter skin to anyone who would kill the brave. A number of the younger warriors started after the brave. When the couple realized they were being chased, they climbed Lover's Leap hoping to elude their pursuers.
Cornered on the rock prominence, the brave knew he was about to be killed. The princess also realized this and decided that life would not be worth living if he were killed.
The two embraced and threw themselves off of the top of Lover's Leap to their deaths. Lover's Leap is thus a memorial to these two young Indians who sacrificed their lives rather than be apart, according to the legend.
Written by J. Hurley and Roberta Hagood.
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Ava,
This story is very similar to a place called Two Lover's Point in Guam. It's a cliff overlooking the ocean where a couple, trapped by soldiers sent by her father, tied their hair into a knot and leaped into the ocean.
This story is very similar to a place called Two Lover's Point in Guam. It's a cliff overlooking the ocean where a couple, trapped by soldiers sent by her father, tied their hair into a knot and leaped into the ocean.
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: 2:28 AM
The fact that they tied their hair in a knot is interesting. Kind of like holding hands, but a surer way of being together.
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