The Legend Of Blackwater
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STORIES OF THE FOURTH NIGHT
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Aw-aw-tam Indian Nights
A little off from the road between Sacaton, and Casa Grande Ruins
there is, or was in the old days, a mysterious pool of dark water,
which the Indians regarded with superstitious awe.
They said it was of fathomless depth, that it communicated with
the ocean, and that strange, monstrous animals at times appeared in
it. There are Indians still living who declare they have seen them
with their own eyes.
I visited this famous place once with my interpreter, Mr Wood. After
its legendary shores. Alas, for the prosaic quality of fact! It was