“THE TRIBE OF MY PEOPLE I
HAVE SEEN DIE, AND THEIR NAME HAS
BEEN FORGOTTEN. BUT I LIVE ON
& SHALL EVER LIVE, BLESSED
WITH ENDURING YOUTH
AND HAPPINESS.”
BY
PHEBE ESTELLE
SPALDING
ILLUSTRATED
PAUL ELDER & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS : SAN FRANCISCO
TO MY COMRADES
IN CLASS & FIELD
Copyright, 1911
by Paul Elder and Company
San Francisco
PREFACE
Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range. Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock. The Indians aver that this rock covers the doorway of the deep cave in which Tahquitch (Devil) dwells. Thither, in misty legend, was borne centuries ago an Indian maiden of a tribe now unknown; and to her unwilling company were added later, other beautiful maidens whom Tahquitch from time to time captured from neighboring tribes.