1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . ed, and rest on the surface. Thebewildered gazers, dazed by the wonders they hadwitnessed, paddled to the shore with the stillness ofdeath, and retired to their wigwams for the night. When morning came, the advancing light dis-closed to view an island fair to see. It was the Smile of Manitou incarnated on the waters ; thepermanent visible sign of the Great Spirit approvingtheir worship. So the Indians named it Wabisi (the swan), in grateful remembrance of the
1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . ed, and rest on the surface. Thebewildered gazers, dazed by the wonders they hadwitnessed, paddled to the shore with the stillness ofdeath, and retired to their wigwams for the night. When morning came, the advancing light dis-closed to view an island fair to see. It was the Smile of Manitou incarnated on the waters ; thepermanent visible sign of the Great Spirit approvingtheir worship. So the Indians named it Wabisi (the swan), in grateful remembrance of the there it rests to-day, a perpetual reminder of theevent, and of Manitou; the one finishing touch ofSuperior Power, which completed the beauty of ourlovely Lake Innitou. The legend ends by affirming that where the twolegs of the swan rested, two bars were formed, one onthe north, and the other on the west; while to thesouth of the island, the head was turned to stone nearthe surface, which spot is well known to all fishermenas a sharp, round point coming near the top from deepwater. And there they all remain to this
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