A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . Pe-pin. This rock is about four hundredand fifty feet in height, and the upperpart forms a precipice of one hundredand fifty. A tragical tale is connectedwith it in an Indian tradition, fromwhich it has received its name. Thefollowing is an abridgment of the story,as related to Major Long :— In the village of Keoxa, in the tribeof Wapasha, once lived a young Indianwoman named Winona, between whomand a young hunter existed an ardentattachment. Her parents opposed herwishes, having fixed their choice upona warrior, whom they urged her to
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . Pe-pin. This rock is about four hundredand fifty feet in height, and the upperpart forms a precipice of one hundredand fifty. A tragical tale is connectedwith it in an Indian tradition, fromwhich it has received its name. Thefollowing is an abridgment of the story,as related to Major Long :— In the village of Keoxa, in the tribeof Wapasha, once lived a young Indianwoman named Winona, between whomand a young hunter existed an ardentattachment. Her parents opposed herwishes, having fixed their choice upona warrior, whom they urged her tomarry. Her brothers, however, resolvedthat she should not be treated withharshness, and endeavored to i-emoveher objections to the wai-rior, by givinghim valuable presents, which would en-able him to make provision for his wife,if he should be absent on an excursionagainst his enemies. This encourage-ment from the family of Winona inducedhim to renew his suit: but she was asresolute as before, which provoked herparents to threaten her. »,» t t: p, %. Uki I 111!*: ?• ,iy/,jj ?a r)9S DKSCaiPTION OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN The hunter liad already l)een driveninto the forest, and slie despaired of he-iiiQC allowed to l(j;id a single life, andciimhiiig to the summit of the bluff,seated herself ut)on the awful brink,and be:j^an to sing her death-song. Ter-rified at the prospect of her suicide, andrepenting of their ciaielly, the parentsnow strove to prevent her from perform-ing her intention, and were secondedby tiieir fiiends. Some climbed thelock to seize the desperate maiden, andthe others took their stations at thefoot of the precipice ; but no exertions,protestations, or promises, would avail;and, throwing herself from the summit,she was killed by the fill. The scenery between Lake Pepinand the St. Croix is not as lofty nor aspicturesque as that below; but its in-tetest is greatly enhanced by the greaternumber of Indians. The Red wing vil-hige is nearly midway between the t
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