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132 Legends of the Shawangunk.
Early next morning, a neighbor in passing found the children alone, and heard their
story. The two younger were clamoring lustily for their mamma, while the boy was
offering such consolation as he was able. The children were at once sent to the house of
a relative to be cared for, while the neighborhood was aroused and search made for Mrs.
Reeves. For three days the inhabitants
MRS. REEVES AND THE WOLVES.
far and near were ranging the woods looking for her, and when they at last found her, she
was exhausted and almost speechless, having lain down to die. One night she climbed to
the top of a high rock to get out of the reach of the wolves that were on her track. Here
she was serenaded all night, during which they made many unsuccessful attempts to
reach her; nor did they leave her until the dawn of day, when they vanished into the
forest.
SAM’S POINT, OR THE BIG NOSE OF AIOSKAWASTING.
THE traveler in the region of the Shawangunk has not failed to notice that remarkable
feature of the mountain known as Sam’s Point. Even when seen at such a distance that
the mountain looks like a blue cloud suspended above the earth, this promontory stands
out in full relief against the sky. The name has its origin in one of those quaint legends
with which the vicinity abounds. The story as handed down by tradition, and still related
by the residents of the neighborhood, is as follows:
Samuel Gonsalus was a famous hunter and scout. He was born in the