﻿THE 
  SCENERY 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA 
  

  

  371 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Hick 
  Stone 
  

  

  DEVILS 
  TOW 
  KR, 
  AMONG 
  THE 
  BLACK 
  HILLS 
  OF 
  WYOMING 
  

  

  Indian 
  legend 
  thus 
  accounts 
  for 
  tins 
  natural 
  wonder: 
  While 
  gathering 
  wild 
  flowers. 
  

   three 
  Indian 
  maidens 
  encountered 
  three 
  hears. 
  The 
  girls 
  tied 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  rock, 
  which 
  began 
  

   to 
  grow. 
  As 
  the 
  hears 
  climbed 
  in 
  pursuit, 
  the 
  walls 
  rose 
  higher 
  and 
  higher, 
  until 
  at 
  last 
  the 
  

   beasts 
  fell 
  to 
  their 
  death, 
  while 
  the 
  maidens 
  eventually 
  perished 
  from 
  hunger, 
  being 
  unable 
  

   to 
  descend 
  the 
  cliff-like 
  walls. 
  The 
  marks 
  of 
  the 
  bears' 
  claws 
  can 
  he 
  -ecu 
  to 
  this 
  day 
  on 
  

   the 
  tower! 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  set 
  aside 
  as 
  a 
  national 
  monument. 
  

  

  