Rating
Title	Lovers' leap, Alton, Illinois
Alternative Title	Lover's leap; Lovers leap;
Genre	Legend -- Place legend
Description	Barbara McPherson's transcribed interview of Maude McPherson about Lovers' Leap. According to McPherson, an Indian chief's daughter was in love with an Indian who was crippled and couldn't be a warrior anymore. The chief was going to force her into marrying another man, so she and her lover wrapped themselves in a blanket and jumped off of a cliff.
Informant	McPherson, Maude
Collector	McPherson, Barbara
Date of Original	1967-03-08
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Illinois -- Madison County -- Alton -- 1967
Subject	Legends People Indians of North America Indigenous peoples Death Love Couples
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-06-02
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-Lovers Leap002

Lovers' leap, Alton, Illinois

Description