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| "Lake
where the deer shed horns" is the literal translation of the name Lochabar.
Here can be found wolf dens 40 feet in diameter and 80 feet deep, with
perpendicular walls and subterranean streams and caverns. The Giant's
Pool, with its vertical walls of limestone and a depth of 300 feet, over
which one has to leap at a single bound, is not to be found elsewhere.
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| The
original track was 1500 acres of land which in 1700, was sold to William
Penn by the chief of the Susquehanna or Andastes Indians for " a parcel
of English goods." It is said that a sad Chief Wi-Daadh died of a broken
heart when he realized he had sold his treasured land for a few worldly
goods. |
| Lochabar
is to the ancient Susquehannocks what Jerusalem is to the Christians, Moslems
and Jewish faiths. It was the center of their spiritual monotheistic religion.
It was the residence of Wi-Daadh, the light of his people. The wolf den
caves were the underground temples and cathedrals where the spiritual leaders
and their students made contact with the spirit world. |
| Located
here also is a spring that begins the Antes Creek and flows about three
miles to the Susquehanna River. |
| Here
one finds a great stone column that marks the grave site of Chief Wi-Daagh.
The Ionic colimn was removed from the fire-ravaged captial building in
Harrisburg and brought to Lochabar by Colonel Sanderson in 1900. It
is 45 feet high and weights 41 tons. (Colonel Sanderson is the great grandson
of indian scout Robert Covenhoven.) |
| At
the entrance of Brandon Park (Williamsport, PA.) there is a monument for
Woapalanne (Bald Eagle). A Munsee chief that many areas carry his name;
Bald Eagle's Nest (now Milesburg), Bald Eagles Creek, Bald Eagle Mountains,
Bald Eagle Township (Clinton County). |
| During
the Revolutionary War he lead war parties from "the Nest" against settlements
in the West Branch Valley. He was to have killed James Brady near Williamsport
in 1778, and was killed in June, 1779 by James' elder brother Sam near Brandy's
Bend (Clarion County). |
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