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dent. of Cawker City, a man whose character vouches for the 
truth of his words. In response to a request from me, he 
writes: ‘In answer will say, that through Indian interpreters 
I have the statement from various tribes visiting our spring, 
that Waconda, the daughter of a great Indian chief, at one time 
became infatuated with the son of anotherchief. The two tribes 
met at the spring, and, being hostile to each other, the inti- 
macy was strongly opposed by the parents, and a conflict en- 
sued. The lover of Waconda, being wounded and weak from 
loss of blood, fell or was hurled into the pool, whereupon Wa- 
conda plunged in after him, and both were drowned. lver 
since the spring has been called ‘‘Waconda,’’ or the ‘‘ Great 
Spirit’’ spring, and the Indians believe that the spirit of Wa- 
conda still dwells in the mound, and sometimes becomes offended 
at bad Indians, and throws up vast volumes of water, drowning 
them. The Pottawatomies, who have often been through here 
in their hunts since this country was settled, could never be 
prevailed upon to pass the spring without stopping to have a 
regular powwow and dip their arrows into its waters. On one 
occasion we invited 300 Indians, who were on a buffalo hunt, 
and were camped near the spring, to come up to Cawker City 
and give us a war-dance. They accepted, but on no condition 
would they come until they had been to the spring and daubed 
their faces and ponies with the gray mud from its banks, and 
when they came their appearance in the light of the bonfires, 
built for the occasion, was frightful in the extreme.’ 
‘“‘Hrom the same gentleman, as well as from others, I learn 
that many relics have been fished from the pool, including bows 
and arrows, a bent rifle or two, arrow-heads, colored stones, 
medals and beads (one medal bearing the stamp, ‘The Fur Com- 
pany of 1844,’ and the figures of a white man and an Indian 
making friends over a pipe of peace ), articles thrown in proba- 
bly to propitiate the Great Spirit.’’ 
This spring reminds one of the High Rock spring of Sara- 
toga, N. Y., which was frequented by the Indians as early as 
the fourteenth century. It was called by them the ‘‘ Medicine 
Spring of the Great Spirit.’’ Professor Chandler, in writing 
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