Show Tales Grow Passing From Mouth to Mouth That a legend becomes embellished In In the time repeated telling of It is Is shown the time stor story of a tract of lan land in Washington n ton D. D C. C known as the tIme Widows wl ow's Mite Accor According to the time legend the Indians brought to their camp camp a n young mother nr and ad her young daughter Upon the tIme widows widow's refusal to become a squaw of of Chief Manna Manna- casset the latter decreed that she slie should live the rest of her life ife in the sha shade e of ot the time oal which overspread o the hut In which she lived Violation of ot I this this decree cree would woul bring brian death erith th the I c chief Hief said Shortly after the time chiefs chief's death m many any years als later Washington selected selected select select- e ed d the ground now covered by the time c city ity of Washington as the site for the time national n capital The treaty for the time p purchase was signed beneath the time same o oak ak Freed from her bondage howver however however how how- e ever ver the time woman oman refused the proffered h homes omes of her friends preferring to r M i. i u reania remain re rea C re- re C m main ania In the sha shade e of the oak tr tree In rn r M i. i u reania remain re rea C re- re C m main ania In the sha shade e of the oak tr tree In rn appreciation a of her sufferings a n tract of If i f 1 17 acres was awarded her as ns the time Widows Mite The Time wI widow ow clung to t the ime land Jand willing It to her daughter aughter ater at nt h her er death ea tho Very ery little foundation In fact can b be e found for the story Wills of per per- I sons S son ons who had owne owned the Inn laud land show I that no In Indians luns lived In that section o of f the country at the time Lime the widow was sas supposed to have been heen a captive Undoubtedly ly some sume little Incident gave r rise ise to the first filst story stomy which with the tIme passing of pf f jears gr grew w to time tile lengthy i legend Detroit News |