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A Legend of The Arrowhead
SAN BERNARDINO FESTIVAL
In the days of long ago, the Cohuillas dwelt across the
mountains to the southward near the San Luis Rey Mission.
They were continually harassed by their warlike neighbors,
who stole their ponies, devastated their fields and burned
their jacales. For many years they lived unhappy and in
constant fear, until at last the persecutions could no longer
be endured, and at command of their chief, the tribesmen
gathered in council for the purpose of calling upon the
God of Peace to assist and direct them to another country,
where they might acquire a quiet home land. Now being a
gentle people, so the tale runs, they found special favor with
the Great Spirit, by whom they were directed to travel
northward, and instructed that they would be guided to
their new home by a fiery arrow, for which they must be
constantly watching. Accordingly the tribe started upon
the journey, and one moonless night when the camp sentries
had been posted with usual injunctions to be watchful, there
appeared across the vault of heaven, a blazing arrow, which
took a course northward, settling upon the mountain, where
the shaft was consumed in flame, but the head imbedded
itself, clear-cut, in the mountain side.
aroused, and while yet the morning star hung jewel-like in
the sky, and a faint gleam of light in the east heralded the
approach of day, they resumed their journey to the prom-
ised land, under the shadow of the mountain, where they
located and lived in peaceful contentment until the coming
of the white settler.
of
ARROWAEAD
The camp was
MAY 102
23.1908
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Postal Card
1c Stamp
The Arrowhead
OY actual measurement, the Arrow-
head is 1375 feet long, and 449 feet
wide, comprising an area of 7%,
acres, and the material of which it is
composed is different in formation from
adjacent parts of the mountain, consist-
ing chiefly of disintegrated white quartz,
and light gray granite, and supporting
a growth of short white sage and weeds.
This lighter vegetation shows in sharp
contrast to the dark green growth of
surrounding chaparral, and greasewood.
The wonderfully formed symbol, so dis-
tinctive a feature of our city, is plainly
visible for many miles.
(Copyright Applied For).
Published by M.D.Thiebaud, San Bernardino, Cal.
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