--- title: The Legend of the Falls. — Legends of the Northwest · full text with trees description: The Legend of the Falls., «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Note: An-pe-tu Sa-pa--Clouded Day--was the name of the Dakota mother who committed suicide, as related in this legend, by plunging over --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/) / The Legend of the Falls. # The Legend of the Falls. The Legend of the Falls. of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon: the whole text, 23 sentences and 369 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Note: An-pe-tu Sa-pa--Clouded Day--was the name of the Dakota mother who committed suicide, as related in this legend, by plunging over the Falls of St. Anthony.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Schoolcraft calls her "\_Ampata\_ Sapa."[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Ampata\_ is not Dakota.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") There are several versions of this legend, all agreeing in the main points.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") \[Read at the celebration of the Old Settlers of Hennepin County, at the Academy of Music, Minneapolis, July 4, 1879.\][5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") (The numerals refer to notes in the Appendix.)[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") On the Spirit-Island \[a\] sitting under midnight's misty moon, Lo I see the spirits flitting o'er the waters one by one\![7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Slumber wraps the silent city, and the droning mills are dumb; One lone whippowil's shrill ditty calls her mate that ne'er will come.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") Sadly moans the mighty river, foaming down the fettered falls, Where of old he thundered ever o'er abrupt and lofty walls.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Great Unktèhee \[69\]--god of waters--lifts no more his mighty head;-- Fled he with the timid otters?--lies he in the cavern dead?[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") \[a\] The small island of rock a few rods below the Falls, was called by the Dakotas Wanagee We-ta—-Spirit-Island.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") They say the spirit of Anpetu Sapa sits upon that island at night and pours forth her sorrow in song.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") They also say that from time out of mind, war-eagles nested on that island, until the advent of white men frightened them away.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") This seems to be true.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Carver's Travels.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") London.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") 1778, p. 71.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Hark!--the waters hush their sighing, and the whippowil her call, Through the moon-lit mists are flying dusky shadows silent all.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Lo from out the waters foaming--from the cavern deep and dread-- Through the glamour and the gloaming, comes a spirit of the dead.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Sad she seems, her tresses raven on her tawny shoulders rest;[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") Sorrow on her brow is graven, in her arms a babe is pressed.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") Hark!--she chants the solemn story,--sings the legend sad and old, And the river wrapt in glory listens while the tale is told.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Would you hear the legend olden, hearken while I tell the tale-- Shorn, alas, of many a golden, weird Dakota chant and wail.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [The Feast of the Virgins., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/15/) - next →: [The Legend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/17/) - ↑ back to [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/)