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Show 5516 Mendenhall- C 3526 A I never knew them to eat a fish caught from any stream. Q Do you know why? Do you know what the reason of the Indians is for that? A I have heard of a legend of superstition-- what truth THE SPECIAL MASTER: If you think it is worth while to encumber the record. Personally, I would be glad to hear it. A Well, their tradition or legend is that they fought the Cliff Dwellers and defeated them repeatedly, and finally drove them into a big bend of the river, and rather than be captured the Cliff Dwellers jumped into the river and were turned into what is called the hump- backed fish; and for that reason, -- that superstition has kept them from ever eating a fish. if they can help it. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q And you never knew, I take it, of a Navajo fishing in the rivers there? A Never did. Q Just one more question, Mr. Mendenhall -- |