Aboriginal Lover's Leap
Posted by: 
Lord Elwood
N 40° 49.793 W 085° 42.435
16T E 609002 N 4520676
The haunted lover's leap.
Waymark Code: WMC5X
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2006
Views: 116
Park at N40° 49.780 W085° 42.404. Go up very short trail, stop when you get to the end! Don't go looking for this waymark if it is snow covered, or icy! Very steep! Be VERY Carefull (sic) of sheer drop offs!
THE BALLAD OF HANGING ROCK
Come all you romance lovers,
Come listen while I tell
The fate of poor Wy-nu-sa,
A fair young Indian belle.
Way down in Indiana
Where Wabash rivers glide,
There stands a lonely boulder
High on the river side.
There lived an Indian maiden
Wy-nu-sa was her name;
A lovely woodland flower
With cheeks of wild rose flame.
She had a fond young lover,
A warrior true and bold;
A gay and dashing hunter
Who loved his maid of old.
One night as late they lingered
In love dreams there alone;
The lovers' moon was shining
Down on the hanging stone.
A jealous hearted rival
Stole down the river side;
There slew Wy-nu-sa's lover
And hurled him in the tide.
With cries of bitter anguish
In her wild grief and woe
The broken-hearted maiden
Leaped in the stream below.
There with her own true lover
In tender love and pride,
In all her youthful beauty
The fair Wy-nu-sa died.
In many years no lovers
Would venture there alone
For since Wy-nu-sa parished there
It became a haunted stone.
They say when skies are dreary
And Wabash rivers sigh
When the lovers' moon smiles wanly
They hear her mournful cry.
When fireflies light the waters
And gostly shadows glow,
They see a phantom maiden
Leap into the stream below.
So! Come you romance lovers
My story now is told-
You've heard the Indian legend
Of the fair maid of old.
If on some lonesome evening
You venture there alone,
You may see the Indian maiden
Leap from the hanging stone.
Type: Ghost Stories and Local Haunts
Additional Coordinates: N 40° 49.790 W 085° 42.430
Website Reference: [Web Link]
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