OLD FORKED TOP Ages before the white man feamed of Hot Springs, the Indians 'Valued the waters for their creatiye powers, and the 'Variolls tribes made this section neHtral territory. Once an Osage YOllth and a Quapaw maiden, children of alilagonistic tribes met at Ihis 'Jelltra! grou'ld and under the spell of its beauty fell in loye. Knowing that the father of the maiden would ne"er consent to their union, the dushy loyers eloped, taking refuge in the mountains to the north. When the enraged father pursued, they retreated to the top of a majestic mountain. Here 'Veiled the blue mists of the heights, they only laughed at the angry summons of the fierce old chie', who, finding his efforts fllti/e, enlisted the aid of the Great Spirit. His commatlds fell, likewise, upon deaf ears. Incensed by this unprecedented indifference to I1lahority he ordered a bolt from heayen to destroy them. Not only was this command exeCllled-the bolt that destroyed the 10Yers, cleft in twain the top of the mOllntains and its two pel1ks stand today a warnillg to cltmdestille loyers.
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