VSHannibal, Missouri is known for being the home of the author Mark Twain but does hold another story at Lover's Leap.
While the story varies according to the teller of the story, the main elements are that an indigenous warrior and an indigenous princess from warring tribes were prevented from marrying by their parents and tribes. One evening when the warrior landed his canoe in Bear Creek, he was observed meeting and walking with the princess. A treacherous observer revealed this to the father of the princess who was the Chief of the tribe. The angered father offered an otter skin to anyone who would kill the warrior. A number of the younger warriors started after him. When the couple realized they were being chased, they climbed Lovers Leap hoping to elude their pursuers. Cornered on the rock prominence, the warrior knew he was about to be killed. The princess also realized this, and decided that life would not be worth living if he were killed. The two embraced and threw themselves off of the top of Lovers Leap to their deaths. Lovers Leap is thus a memorial to these two young lovers who sacrificed their lives rather than be apart, according to legend.
#mark #twain #lovers #leap #phone #landscape
While the story varies according to the teller of the story, the main elements are that an indigenous warrior and an indigenous princess from warring tribes were prevented from marrying by their parents and tribes. One evening when the warrior landed his canoe in Bear Creek, he was observed meeting and walking with the princess. A treacherous observer revealed this to the father of the princess who was the Chief of the tribe. The angered father offered an otter skin to anyone who would kill the warrior. A number of the younger warriors started after him. When the couple realized they were being chased, they climbed Lovers Leap hoping to elude their pursuers. Cornered on the rock prominence, the warrior knew he was about to be killed. The princess also realized this, and decided that life would not be worth living if he were killed. The two embraced and threw themselves off of the top of Lovers Leap to their deaths. Lovers Leap is thus a memorial to these two young lovers who sacrificed their lives rather than be apart, according to legend.
#mark #twain #lovers #leap #phone #landscape
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