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Indian Legend Map of Lake Mendota
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Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends. Some of the drawings include people, horses, birds, a flying skull, huts, rabbits, beavers, waterfalls and fish. Some of the legends are "Man Who Killed and Ate the Spirit Raccoon," "Spirit Horses on Horse Hill," "Flying Skull," "Big Beaver," Girl Whose Lover Went to War," Rattlesnake Myth," Wakanda Loses Lake," Wakanda Annoyed by Rabbit," "Thunderbird Roost" and Girl Who Married a Sky Man." Some locations include White Eagle Village, Den of Water Spirits, Maple Bluff, Cheenuck Village, University village, Picnic Point Bay, Picnic Point, Second Point, Eagle Heights, Merrill Wishing Spring, Pheasant Branch Peenah, Fox Bluff, Camp Wakanda and Lost Lake.
1941
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Indian Legend Map of Lake Mendota
1941
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The Restaurant at Baron's Menu
circa 1930-1939
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Indian Superstitions of Lake Koshkonong
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1879
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