Note 1 — HOW THE BRAZOS AND THE COLORADO ORIGINATED
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[It is hardly necessary to point out that this is not an undiluted Indian legend, the names and other elements in it showing Spanish and even American influence. La Salle is said to have called what is now the Colorado “The River of Canes”; the Indians—and again we go back to Thrall1 for authority—called it the “Pashohono.”—Editor.]