Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 05 : Lights and shadows of the South by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner
page 2 of 32 (06%)
page 2 of 32 (06%)
![]() | ![]() |
|
A Ghostly Avenger
The Wraith Ringer of Atlanta The Swallowing Earthquake The Last Stand of the Biloxi The Sacred Fire of Natchez Pass Christian The Under Land LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE SOUTH THE SWIM AT INDIAN HEAD At Indian Head, Maryland, are the government proving-grounds, where the racket of great guns and splintering of targets are a deterrent to the miscellaneous visitations of picnics. Trouble has been frequently associated with this neighborhood, as it is now suggested in the noisy symbolry of war. In prehistoric days it was the site of an aboriginal town, whose denizens were like other Indians in their love for fight and their willingness to shed blood. Great was the joy of all these citizens when a scouting party came in, one day, bringing with them the daughter of one of their toughest old hunters and a young buck, from another faction, who had come a-courting; her in the neighboring shades. Capture meant death, usually, and he knew it, but he held himself proudly |
|