CONTENTS
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LEGENDS OF BURIED TREASURE AND LOST MINES
An Inquiry into the Sources of Treasure Legends of Texas J. Frank Dobie 3
The Legend of the San Saba or Bowie Mine. J. Frank Dobie 12
Lost Gold of the Llano Country E. G. Littlejohn 20
I. The Brook of Gold Discovered by Lost Rangers
II. The Smelter on the Little Llano
Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba Julia Estill 24
I. A Legend of the Blanco Mine
II. The Mythical Bowie Mine
Treasure Legends of McMullen County J. Frank Dobie 28
I. The Rock Pens
II. A Week Too Late at the Laredo-San Antonio Crossing
III. The Chest at Rock Crossing on the Nueces
IV. San Caja Mountain Legends
V. The Mines
VI. Loma de Siete Piedras
VII. The Metate Rocks of Loma Alta
VIII. When Two Parallel Lines Intersected
IX. A Lucky Post Hole
Legendary Spanish Forts Down the Nueces J. Frank Dobie 43
I. Fort Ramirez on the Ramireña
II. The Legend of Casa Blanca
III. Lutzer’s Find at Fort Planticlan
Treasure Chest on the Nueces Mary A. Sutherland 49
The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma J. Frank Dobie 51
How Dollars Turned into Bumble Bees and Other Legends J. Frank Dobie 52
Native Treasure Talk up the Frio Fannie Ratchford 57
The Silver Ledge on the Frio J. Frank Dobie 60
Lost Mines Near Sabinal Edgar B. Kincaid 62
I. The Quicksilver Mine of the Rangers
II. Lost Lead Mine
The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend J. Frank Dobie 64
Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains J. Marvin Hunter 67
Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County R. E. Sherrill 72
Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County L. D. Bertillion 77
The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains J. Leeper Gay 78
The Hole of Gold Near Wichita Falls J. Frank Dobie 80
Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County Lillian Gunter 81
The Treasure Cannon of the Neches Roscoe Martin 84
The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush Mary A. Sutherland 89
Steinheimer’s Millions L. D. Bertillion 91
The Snively Legend J. Frank Dobie 95
Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County Louise von Blittersdorf 99
I. The San Gabriel Mission in Legend
II. The Gold Protected by Snively’s Ghost
III. Pope’s Ghost at the Gap
The Wagon-Load of Silver in Clear Fork Creek L. W. Payne, Jr. 103
Moro’s Gold Fannie Ratchford 104
LEGENDS OF THE SUPERNATURAL
The Legend of Stampede Mesa John R. Craddock 111
The Woman of the Western Star: A Legend of the Rangers Adele B. Looscan 115
The Devil and Strap Buckner N. A. Taylor 118
The Legend of Cheetwah Edith C. Lane 130
The Mysterious Woman in Blue Charles H. Heimsath 132
The Headless Squatter John R. Craddock 135
Mysterious Music in the San Bernard River Bertha McKee Dobie 137
The Death Bell of the Brazos Bertha McKee Dobie 141
The Legend of the Salt Marshes Bertha McKee Dobie 143
Rhymes of Galveston Bay John P. Sjolander 143
I. The Boat That Never Sailed
II. The Padre’s Beacon
III. Baffle Point
IV. Point Sesenta
V. Gumman Gro
LEGENDS OF LOVERS
The Enchanted Rock in Llano County Julia Estill 153
Francesca: A Legend of Old Fort Stockton L. W. Payne, Jr. 157
Lover’s Retreat and Lovers’ Retreat, Palo Pinto. J. S. Spratt 159
Lover’s Leap in Kimble County Flora Eckert 163
The Waiting Woman John R. Craddock 167
Lover’s Leap at Santa Anna Austin Callan 169
Antonette’s Leap: The Legend of Mount Bonnell J. Frank Dobie 171
PIRATES AND PIRATE TREASURE IN LEGEND
From Sunset in August: Galveston Beach Stanley E. Babb 179
Life and Legends of Lafitte the Pirate E. G. Littlejohn 179
I. Jean Lafitte: Man and Pirate
II. Credence in the Lafitte Legend
III. The Horror Guarded Treasure of the Neches
IV. Pirates and Their Sacks of Gold
V. Lafitte’s Treasure Vault
The Uneasy Ghost of Lafitte Julia Beazley 185
Lafitte Lore J. O. Webb 189
The Pirate Ship of the San Bernard: A Legend of Theodosia Burr Allston J. W. Morris 191
LEGENDARY ORIGINS OF TEXAS FLOWERS, NAMES, AND STREAMS
An Indian Legend of the Blue Bonnet Mrs. Bruce Reid 197
How the Water Lilies Came to the San Marcos River Bella French Swisher 200
The Legend of Eagle Lake 201
The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches E. G. Littlejohn 204
Indian Bluff on Canadian River L. W. Payne, Jr. 205
How Medicine Mounds of Hardeman County Got Their Name L. W. Payne, Jr. 207
The Naming of Metheglin Creek Alex. Dienst 208
How Dead Horse Canyon Got Its Name Victor J. Smith 209
How the Brazos River Got Its Name J. Frank Dobie 209
I. The Miraculous Escape
II. How Perishing Seamen Named the River
III. The Great Drouth and the Waters at Waco
IV. A Miraculous Swim
V. Arms Avenging and Saving
How the Brazos and the Colorado Originated E. G. Littlejohn 218
MISCELLANEOUS LEGENDS
The White Steed of the Prairies W. P. Webb 223
The Legend of Sam Bass W. P. Webb 226
The Horn Worshipers L. D. Bertillion 230
The Cave of Montezuma J. Leeper Gay 233
The First Corn Crop in Texas A. W. Eddins 236
La Casa del Santa Anna A. W. Eddins 237
Lost Canyon of the Big Bend Country J. Frank Dobie 238
A Tradition of La Salle’s Expedition into Texas Alex. Dienst 241
Big Foot and Little Foot Mrs. S. J. Wright 242
The Wild Woman of the Navidad Martin M. Kenney 242
Bibliography of Texas Legends 255
Contributors 261
Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society 263
Members of the Texas Folk-Lore Society 264
Index 271