[LEGENDARY ORIGINS OF TEXAS FLOWERS, NAMES, AND STREAMS]

[An Indian Legend of the Blue Bonnet] Mrs. Bruce Reid 197
[How the Water Lilies Came to the San Marcos River] Bella French Swisher 200
[The Legend of Eagle Lake] 201
[The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches] E. G. Littlejohn 204
[Indian Bluff on Canadian River] L. W. Payne, Jr. 205
[How Medicine Mounds of Hardeman County Got Their Name] L. W. Payne, Jr. 207
[The Naming of Metheglin Creek] Alex. Dienst 208
[How Dead Horse Canyon Got Its Name] Victor J. Smith 209
[How the Brazos River Got Its Name] J. Frank Dobie209
I. [The Miraculous Escape]
II. [How Perishing Seamen Named the River]
III. [The Great Drouth and the Waters at Waco]
IV. [A Miraculous Swim]
V. [Arms Avenging and Saving]
[How the Brazos and the Colorado Originated] E. G. Littlejohn 218

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[MISCELLANEOUS LEGENDS]

[The White Steed of the Prairies] W. P. Webb 223
[The Legend of Sam Bass] W. P. Webb 226
[The Horn Worshipers] L. D. Bertillion 230
[The Cave of Montezuma] J. Leeper Gay 233
[The First Corn Crop in Texas] A. W. Eddins 236
[La Casa del Santa Anna] A. W. Eddins 237
[Lost Canyon of the Big Bend Country] J. Frank Dobie 238
[A Tradition of La Salle’s Expedition into Texas] Alex. Dienst 241
[Big Foot and Little Foot] Mrs. S. J. Wright 242
[The Wild Woman of the Navidad] Martin M. Kenney 242
[Bibliography of Texas Legends] 255
[Contributors] 261
[Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society] 263
[Members of the Texas Folk-Lore Society] 264
[Index] 271

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ILLUSTRATIONS

[The Magic Circle: A Chart of the Blanco Mine] 25
[The Spider Rock] 73
[Stampede Mesa] 113
[Lover’s Leap: Junction, Kimble County] 164

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