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Show 836 " BY MR. FARNSWORTH: " Q. Have you ever heard that Indian legend, if it is a legend with the Indians, to the effect that the Navajos ran their enemies into the Colorado river, into those canyons there, where they turned into fish? " A. Yes sir. " Q. And that the Indians were afraid to go in there on the rivers, on the Colorado, because they believed that the enemies of their race were turned into fish and would destroy or kill then if they go there? " A. Yes. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. The question is, whether you have ever heard it. " A. Yes, I have heard that legend. " BY MR. FARNWORTH: " Q. Do you know that that is a belief of the Indians in that section of the country? " A. I do not. " Q. What was that earlier race of Indians that were sup-posed to have been driven into the river? " A. It is claimed the Aztecs." R. 1979 - 1981. |
