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INDIAN LEGEND
THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST ONLY FISHED IN CREEKS.
SOME STRANGERS CAME ALONG--THERE WERE SIXTEEN OF THEM.
THEY WERE STRANGE LOOKING, FOR THEY WERE TALL WITH BLUE
EYES AND BLOND HAIR. THEY HAD METAL WEAPONS. THEY
TAUGHT THE INDIANS HOW TO BUILD BOATS AND HOUSES AND
HOW TO HUNT FOR WHALES. LEGEND SAYS THAT THESE WERE
VIKINGS WHO CAME OVER WITH LEIF ERIKSEN--THEY WENT DOWN
THE GREAT LAKES, UP THE FOX RIVER TO THE MISSISSIPPI,
THEN UP INTO CANADA. A FEW YEARS AGO A VIKING SHIP
WAS FOUND THERE; ALSO A STONE TABLET WITH VIKING
WRITING ON IT.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GEOGRAPHY ; INDIAN ; INSTRUCTION ; Native American ; Origin ; Settlement ; Viking
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 05-15-1965
PECOS BILL
MYTHICAL SUPER COWBOY RAISED BY COYOTES. CREDITED
WITH INVENTING ROPING AND OTHER COWBOY SKILLS.
SAID TO HAVE ROPED AND SADDLED A MOUNTAIN LION,
WHICH HE WHIPPED WITH A RATTLESNAKE.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
FREBOLD FREBOLDSON
LEGENDARY SWEDISH PIONEER FAMOUS FOR HIS POWERS TO
"BUST DROUGHTS" ON THE GREAT PLAINS. HERO OF MANY
HUMEROUS EXAGGERATIONS ABOUT EARLY PIONEERS.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
CALAMITY JANE
ROUGH-SHOD FRONTIER TOMBOY. LIKED TO CUSS, WEAR
BUCKSKINS, DRINK AND CHEW TOBACCO. BOASTED THAT
ANYONE WHO OFFENDED HER WAS COURTING CALAMITY.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
BUFFALO BILL
FAMOUS INDIAN SCOUT AND HUNTER. WON HIS NAME WHEN
UNDER CONTRACT TO SUPPLY MEAT TO THE RAILROADS. KILLED
4,861 BUFFALO IN ONE SEASON. LATER OPENED FAMOUS
"WILD WEST SHOW."
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
ANNIE OAKLEY
FAMED FOR HER PHENOMENAL MARKSMANSHIP. COULD SHOOT
THE HEAD OFF A RUNNING QUAIL WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 8.
STARRED IN BUFFALO BILL'S "WILD WEST SHOW."
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
JOHN HENRY
LEGENDARY STEELDRIVER REPUTED TO WEIGH 33 LBS. AT BIRTH.
FAMOUS FOR WINNING HEROIC CONTEST WITH A STEAM DRILL.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
KRAKOW BELIEF
A LONG TIME AGO, BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POLAND AS A
COUNTRY, THERE EXISTED A DRAGON THAT WAS FEARED BY PEOPLE
ALL OVER. HE LIVED IN A CAVE NOT FAR FROM THE TOWN OF
KRAKOW. THIS GIANT DRAGON WAS ALWAYS HUNGRY AND ATE PEOPLE
AS WELL AS ANIMALS FROM THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES. THE
PEOPLE COULD NOT GATHER ENOUGH POWER OR COURAGE TO KILL HIM.
THERE LIVED A MAN NAMED KRAKUS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. HE
CAME UP WITH A PLAN THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD RID THE VILLAGERS
OF THIS DEMON FOR GOOD. HE TOOK THE SKIN FROM A FLOCK
OF SHEEP AND FILLED IT WITH SULPHUR. AFTER SWALLOWING THE
SHEEP AND SKIN HE BECAME VERY THIRSTY BECAUSE THE SULPHUR
BURNED HIS STOMACH. HE WENT TO A NEARBY RIVER NAMED
VISTULA AND DRANK SUCH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WATER HE
BURST. THE PEOPLE WERE SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS THAT THEY CHOSE
KRAKUS AS THEIR LEADER.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT ALL THE CHILDREN KNEW THIS TALE
AND IT IS QUITE UNUSUAL TO APPROACH A PERSON FROM POLAND
AND DISCOVER THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW THIS STORY. GENERALLY,
THE ADULTS DO NOT BELIEVE IN THIS STORY, BUT MOST OF THE
SMALL CHILDREN DO. THERE ACTUALLY WAS SUCH A MAN. THE
CAVE EXISTS TO THIS DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-09-1971
THE LEGEND OF THE TRUMPETER OF CRACOW
IN OLD POLAND THERE IS A LEGEND CONCERNING A CHURCH TOWER
AND ITS TRUMPETER, WHO WAS PLEDGED TO SOUND THE ANGELUS
TO THE PEOPLE OF CRACOW WITH A BEAUTIFUL MELODY.
ONCE, WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE DEFENDING THEIR CITY AND CHURCH
AGAINST THE HEATHEN TARTARS, THEY WERE ON THE VERGE OF
GIVING IN TO THE ONSLAUGHT OF GENGHIS KHAN. WEAK AND
WOUNDED, THEY WERE READY TO GIVE THEMSELVES OVER TO THE
MERCILESS ENEMY, WHEN A FAMILIAR SOUND ROSE ABOVE THE
FIGHTING AND GAVE THEM NEW STRENGTH AND COURAGE. IT WAS
THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET FROM THE TOWER OF THE CHURCH
OF PANNA MARJA, THE CHURCH OF "LADY MARY," PLAYING
THE ANGELUS. THE TRUMPETER NEVER FINISHED HIS SONG,
SINCE A TARTAR ARROW KILLED HIM. CRACOW WAS SAVED, HOWEVER,
BY HIS INSPIRATION.
EVER AFTER, THE TRUMPETERS OF PANNA MARJA HAVE LEFT
THE MELODY UNFINISHED IN MEMORY OF THE TRUMPETER OF
CRACOW, WHO DIED RATHER THAN TO LET THE WHIM OF A HEATHEN
KEEP HIM FROM FULFILLING HIS VOWS TO MARY.
THE MELODY IS PLAYED, DAILY, TO THIS DAY FROM THE CHURCH
TOWER. THERE, IN CRACOW, I HEARD IT MYSELF, AS WELL AS
THE LEGEND, WHICH I KNEW FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): KRAKOW
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE LEGEND OF KRAKUS
AFTER THE FOUNDING OF POLAND (550 A.D.) BY A LEGENDARY
HERO NAMED LECH, THERE FOLLOWED TWELVE PALANTINES.
THEIR RULING WAS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. FINALLY, THE
PEOPLE CHOSE A YOUNG PRINCE NAMED KRAKUS. HE WAS KNOWN
TO HAVE KILLED A TERRIBLE DRAGON LIVING IN A CAVE,
UNDER THE HILL OF WOWEL NEAR THE VISTULA RIVER,
AFTER WHICH THE CITY OF KRAKOW, OR CRACAW, WAS BUILT.
SINCE KRAKUS WAS SUCH A JUST AND NOBLE RULER, THE PEOPLE
BUILT UP A MOUND, BY HAND, IN HONOR OF HIM. THIS MOUND
EXISTS TO THIS DAY.
THE LEGEND OF KRAKUS' VICTORY OVER THE FIERY DRAGON GOES
LIKE THIS:
FOR MANY YEARS THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA FEARED THE
DRAGON THAT LIVED IN THE CAVE. OFTEN HE WOULD ROAR
WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY, SHAKING THE EARTH AS HE DID. ONCE
A YEAR THE DRAGON WOULD COME OUT INTO THE FIELDS WHERE
THE SHEPHERDS HAD THEIR SHEEP GRAZING. HE WOULD ROAR
WITH FIRE COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH. TO SATISFY THE ANGRY
DRAGON, THE PEOPLE WOULD OFFER A YOUNG MAIDEN, EVERY YEAR,
{FOR HIM} TO CONSUME. HE WOULD THEN RETURN TO HIS CAVE
FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
KRAKUS, BEING A CLEVER YOUNG MAN, DECIDED TO CONQUER THIS
DRAGON. THE PEOPLE PROMISED HIM THE KINGDOM IF HE COULD.
HE TOOK A LAMB, CUT IT OPEN, AND STUFFED IT WITH
BRIMSTONE. HE LEFT THIS LAMB OUT IN THE FIELD WHEN THE
ANGRY DRAGON CAME OUT. SEEING NO YOUNG MAIDEN AROUND,
THE HUNGRY DRAGON QUICKLY DEVOURED THE LAMB. SUDDENLY,
HE WAS VERY THIRSTY. IN HIS THIRST, HE WENT TO THE
VISTULA RIVER TO DRINK. HE DRANK AND DRANK, UNTIL HE
BURST OPEN. THUS THE TERRIBLE DRAGON WAS DEAD AND
KRAKUS WAS THE HERO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CLINTON STREET RUN
IN BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, THERE IS A LENGTH OF CLINTON
STREET THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE 100 BARS ALONG ITS LENGTH.
DURING THE 1930S, IT WAS A FEAT OF MANLINESS TO GO DOWN
THE STREET AND HAVE A BEER AT EACH BAR. THIS WAS
THE CLINTON STREET RUN. ONLY TWO MEN EVER COMPLETED
THE RUN. ONE IS NOW THE MAYOR OF NEARBY ENDICOTT,
NEW YORK, AND HE PASSED OUT AND DIDN'T WAKEN FOR TWO
DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; NEW YORK ; BINGHAMTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 03-17-1972 ; 00001930S
PRINCESS MONICA
PRINCESS MONICA WAS THE ONLY DUGHTER OF KING SMIALY II.
WHEN SHE WAS OF AGE TO MARRY, THE KING SENT OUT INVITATIONS
TO SUITORS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. BUT TO WIN THE HAND OF
HIS DAUGHTER, THE HOPEFUL SUITOR FIRST HAD A DIFFICULT
TEST TO PASS.
THE TEST WAS TO RIDE HORSEBACK AROUND THE CASTLE. THE
CASTLE WAS LOCATED ON TOP OF A VERY STEEP MOUNTAIN WITH
A DEEP MOAT BELOW. PRINCESS MONICA AND KING SMIALY
WATCHED AS CHOSEN NOBLE AFTER CHOSEN NOBLE PERISHED
UNTIL THE REMAINING SUITORS REFUSED THE TEST AND FLED.
GLOOM FILLED THE KING. PRINCESS MONICA WAS ANGRY AT HER
FATHER FOR USING HER TO OBTAIN A STRONG AND BRAVE KING
FOR POLAND. JUST BEFORE HER MARRIAGE HOPES DIED, IN
RODE A FAIR-HAIRED KNIGHT. THAT EVENING, THE KING
WOOED THE KNIGHT WITH FOOD AND DRINK WHILE PRINCESS
MONICA FASCINATED HIM WITH HER BEAUTY.
THE NEXT DAY, THE KING TOLD THE KNIGHT OF THE TEST.
WITHOUT HESITATION, THE KNIGHT MOUNTED HIS HORSE AND
SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH THE KING'S DEMAND.
PRINCESS MONICA LOOKED WITH FASCINATION AS THE BRAVE
KNIGHT NEARLY STUMBLED TO HIS DEATH AND GRAVE. BUT THE
KNIGHT PASSED THE TEST AND EMERGED AMONGST SHOUTS AND
CHEERS. THE KNIGHT DID NOT DISMOUNT. HE REJECTED
EVERYTHING THE KING OFFERED HIM INCLUDING THE PRINCESS.
THE KNIGHT RODE AWAY.
AFTER THE KING DIED, FIGHTING BETWEEN NOBLES TOOK PLACE.
FINALLY, A BRAVE KNIGHT LOYAL TO THE THRONE CRUSHED
REBELLING NOBLES. THE PEOPLE WISHED HIM TO BE THE NEW
KING.
THOUGH NO ONE REMEMBERED HIM AS ANY MORE THAN A KNIGHT,
PRINCESS MONICA RECALLED HIM AS THE ONLY MAN TO PASS HER
FATHER'S TEST.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS WHILE IN POLAND AND WAS SKEPTICAL
OF THE STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-09-1971
POPIEL AND PIAST
A POLISH LEGEND: A MYTHICAL POLISH RULER WAS THE EVIL
PRINCE POPIEL, A PREDECESSOR OF PIAST. HE WAS UNIVERSALLY
DESPISED FOR HIS RUTHLESSNESS, AND WHEN HIS PEOPLE
REVOLTED, HE SOUGHT REFUSE IN A TOWER AT KRUSZEVICA ON
ON LAKE GOPLO, ONLY TO BE DEVOURED ALIVE BY MICE AND
RATS. THE HUMBLE WHEELWRIGHT, PIAST, KNOWN FOR HIS
GOODNESS, HOSPITALITY AND HONESTY, WAS THEN ELECTED TO
SUCCEED THE EVIL POPIEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
THE RED HAND OF THE O'NEILLS
A LONG TIME AGO, THE KING OF IRELAND DIED. SO THE CITIZENS
HAD TO FIND A NEW KING. APPARENTLY, THE SUCCESSOR WAS
IN DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO MEN, ONE OF THEM A NOBLE NAMED
O'NEILL. THE PEOPLE DEVISED A RACE, WHERE THE FIRST
MAN TO CROSS A BODY OF WATER WOULD BECOME KING. THE RACE
BEGAN, BUT HUGE WAVES PREVENTED THEM FROM LANDING. THE
FUTURE KING WOULD HAVE TO TOUCH THE SHORE TO BECOME KING.
THE O'NEILL BEING THE CLEVER MAN, REALIZED HE NEEDED HIS
RIGHT HAND TO RULE. SO HE TOOK A SWORD AND CUT OFF HIS
LEFT HAND AND THREW IT ON THE SHORE. THUS HE WAS THE
FIRST MAN TO TOUCH SHORE AND BECAME KING. THE RED HAND
OF THE O'NEILLS CAN STILL BE SEEN ON THE FAMILY COAT OF
ARMS.
Submitter comment:
THE O'NEILLS RULED IN ULSTER AND LIMERICK. THE COAT
OF ARMS OF ULSTER HAS THE RED HAND OF THE ONEILLS ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 12-08-1972
WARTIME POLITICAL STORY-VARIANT
THE INFORMANT, A VETERAN OF WWII, IS A BROTHER OF A CLOSE
FRIEND OF MINE. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1947 I WAS INVITED
TO HIS HOME FOR DINNER. DURING A DAY LONG RECITAL OF HIS
MILITARY EXPERIENCES, HE TOLD THIS STORY:
A G.I. RETURNING TO HIS GROUP IN THE GERMAN THEATRE DURING
WWII. HE WAS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. HIS UNIFORM WAS
PRACTICALLY GONE, HIS ARMS AND LEGS WERE BLOODY, HIS FACE
COVERED WITH MUD AND BLOOD. WHEN FIRST SEEN, HE GAVE
THE APPEARANCE OF HAVING BEEN IN A TERRIFIC BATTLE WITH THE
GERMANS. HE WAS RETICENT ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND IT
WAS ASSUMED HE WAS JUST MODEST. HE RECEIVED SEVERAL MEDALS
AND WAS DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AS ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED
HEROES.
UPON HIS DISCHARGE, HE CONFIDED TO HIS FRIENDS ABOUT WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED ON THAT FATEFUL DAY.
HE BECAME SEPARATED FROM HIS PLATOON AND WAS HIDING IN A
DITCH. HE NOTICED A GERMAN HIDING IN A DITCH ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE SHOUTED, "THE HELL WITH HITLER!"
HOPING TO GET A RISE OUT OF THE GERMAN. THE GERMAN
SHOUTED, "THE HELL WITH ROOSEVELT!" WHEREUPON, BOTH
SOLDIERS WALKED TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD AND SHOOK HANDS.
WHILE THEY WERE STANDING THERE, THEY WERE BOTH RUN OVER
BY A TANK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 06-20-1947
TRADITIONAL JEWISH STORY
WHILE VISITING MY BROTHER IN AN ANN ARBOR HOSPITAL, I
WAS INTRODUCED TO THE INFORMANT, WHOM MY BROTHER REFERRED
TO AS THE "RABBI." HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF A NECK
BRACE, BUT WHEN MY BROTHER SUGGESTED HIM AS A SOURCE OF
TALES HE BRIGHTENED UP CONSIDERABLY.
DAVID HAD A WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS. (THE INFORMANT DID
NOT KNOW WHY, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS THREE DAUGHTERS). DAVID
HAD A DIFFICULT TIME MAKING ENDS MEET AND ACQUIRED A
REPUTATION FOR BEING HONEST BUT POOR AND UNRELIABLE. ONE
DAY, DISGUSTED WITH THE SIZE OF THE MILK BILL, HE DECIDED
TO BUY A COW. WITH THE SURPLUS MILK HE STARTED TO
ESTABLISH REGULAR CUSTOMERS. THEN HE BOUGHT A HORSE AND
WAGON TO DELIVER THE MILK. THEN HE PURCHASED ANOTHER COW
AND SO ON, UNTIL HE HAD A THRIVING BUSINESS. HE BECAME
QUITE PROSPEROUS. HIS NEIGHBORS BECAME ENVIOUS OF HIM
AND REPORTED HIM TO THE TOWN OFFICIALS. THE MAYOR HIMSELF
WANTED TO MEET HIM AND INTERROGATE HIM ABOUT HIS BUSINESS
WHICH SOME HAD SUGGESTED MUST BE EITHER IMMORAL OR ILLEGAL.
THE MAYOR DUYRING THE INTERVIEW REVIEWED THE CHANGES IN
DAVID'S FORTUNES AND ASKED HIM ABOUT IT. DAVID REPLIED,
"I SAY MY MORNING PRAYERS."
THE MAYOR DISMISSED THE CASE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT APOLOGIZED BECAUSE THE STORY SUFFERS IN
TRANSLATION FROM THE YIDDISH OF HIS GRANDPARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 02-24-1967
WARTIME POLITICAL STORY
I HEARD THIS STORY FROM A VETERAN OF WWII IN 1947. THE
ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS IN THE NAMES OF THE POLITICAL FIGURES.
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, THE INFORMANT, WAS A VETERAN OF THE
KOREAN WAR AND TOLD ME THIS STORY.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A MEDAL HE HAD RECEIVED AND EXPLAINED
HOW HE CAME TO BE DECORATED. IT SEEMS HE BECAME SEPARATED
FROM HIS PLATOON IN KOREA. BEING BEHIND ENEMY LINES, HE
DECIDED TO HIDE IN A DITCH UNTIL IT WAS DARK. HE NOTICED
A NORTH KOREAN IN A DITCH ACROSS THE ROAD, BUT HE DIDN'T
HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT HIM. HE SHOUTED, "THE HELL WITH CHO
EN LAI!" THE KOREAN SHOUTED BACK, "TO HELL WITH HARRY
TRUMAN!" WHEREUPON THEY BOTH GOT OUT OF HIDING, WALKED
TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD AND SHOOK HANDS. WHILE THEY
WERE STANDING THERE, THEY WERE BOTH RUN OVER BY A TANK.
RETURNING TO HIS PLATOON ALL DISHEVELED AND BLOODY,
THEY INSISTED ON DECORATING HIM AS A HERO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 03-06-1950 ; 00-00-1947
THE LEGEND OF WANDA
WANDA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF KRAKUS, A LEGENDARY HERO
AND POLISH RULER IN PAGAN TIMES. A YOUNG GERMAN PRINCE,
NAMED RYDYGIER, WANTED TO MARRY WANDA WHEN SHE WAS
REIGNING. SHE DID NOT WANT TO MARRY HIM, AS HE WAS
A GERMAN. IN ORDER TO FORCE THIS MARRIAGE, RYDYGIER
BROUGHT HIS WHOLE ARMY TO THE CITY OF CRACOW, WHERE
WANDA RULED. WANDA'S ARMY CONQUERED HIS AND SO THAT
HER PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER FOR HER CAUSE, SHE
THREW HERSELF INTO THE VISTULA RIVER. IT IS ALSO SAID
THAT WANDA HAD VOWED HER DEATH TO THE GODS IF HER ARMY
CONQUERED RYDYGIER'S. IN HER HONOR A MOUND WAS BUILT,
BY HAND, BY HER PEOPLE, WHICH EXISTS TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; POLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MISSISSIPPI LEGEND
THE EXPLORER, DE SOTO, STOLE ALL THE AZTECS GOLD, BUT
NONE OF HIS MEN KNEW THAT HE HAD IT; HE WAS GOING TO
KEEP IT ALL FOR HIMSELF. ONLY A SERVANT KNEW. THE
INDIANS BECAME ANGRY, SO DE SOTO AND HIS MEN HEADED UP INTO
WHAT IS NOW LOUISIANA. THEY WERE BUILDING BOATS TO SAIL
HOME, WHEN DE SOTO DIED. THEY PUT HIS BODY ON A BOAT AND
SANK IT SO THE INDIANS WOULDN'T GET HIM. BY MISTAKE--OR
UNKNOWINGLY--THEY SANK THE BOAT WITH THE MONEY ON IT, SO
BOTH THE GOLD AND DE SOTO ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
MISSISSIPPI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-15-1965
GENERAL DE GAULLE WAS BUYING CEMETERY PLOTS.
THE GUY SAID IT COST $2,000. DE GAULLE SAID, "ISN'T
THAT QUITE A BIT--I ONLY PLAN ON STAYING THREE DAYS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RESURRECTION IMMORTALITY FRENCH
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 11-30-1967