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contains the following information:
"...The
Paiute Indians claim there is a city beneath the
"In
the White Mountains of
"The
Indians of
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The following information is taken from an article
which appeared on pages 148-151 of the June, 1947 issue of AMAZING STORIES
magazine. The article, titled ‘NOTES ON
SUBTERRANEAN SHAFTS’, was written by Vincent H. Gaddis:
“The
Ozark Legend:
“Since the
Ozark region has already been referred to as the sight of an underground shaft,
it is of interest to note that their exists an old legend in various parts of
Missouri and Arkansas of a great hole in the ground, surrounded by great
cliffs, from which strange sounds, lights and odors emerge. Known at the ‘devil
pit’, it’s location is not known, although men of previous generations claimed
to have visited the place years ago. According to Vance Randolph (‘Ozark Ghost
Stories’), these old accounts state that ‘strange people live on the
escarpments, throw odd things into the bottomless pit at night, particularly
when the moon is full...(and) there are tales of dark-visaged foreigners
traveling at night, who make regular pilgrimages to the place from distant
parts of the country.'”
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The following bit of information comes from page 49
of Grenville Goodwin's book "MYTHS AND TALES OF THE WHITE
