Talk:Elakala Falls

History of Tucker County, Page 598
This quote from the book does not match the other source for this legend. Should we take this quote (which is a footnote for the name of the falls) in the book, over the website? Fansler was considered an expert of the county, but this seems to be a second-hand story hes putting into a footnote. — raeky ( talk 17:12, 25 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Mention both in the article. E.g., "Various explanations have been provided for the name of the waterfall series. XXX says....On the other hand, YYY says...." cmadler (talk) 17:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Should we use this as the DYK hook? It is fairly interesting, although the whole idea of the Massawomees tribe being wiped out because of it is quite far fetched, maybe an encampment but both tribes was quite large.. — raeky ( talk 17:27, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I added the account, not sure on the wording, I didn't mention anything about the sons and slaughter part, since that seems a bit more far fetched and not directly related to the naming of the falls... — raeky ( talk 17:35, 25 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The figure of the "lovelorn princess" securely identified this tale as European and 19th century. The earliest mention of Elakala Falls or its first appearance on a map might be identified.--Wetman (talk) 21:00, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure where to look up something like that? I don't live very far from Tucker County, just not sure if any libraries around here would have references like that. — raeky ( talk 21:23, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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A well-worn topos
"According to one account it involves a princess named Elakala who threw herself over the edge of the first waterfall when her lover scorned her" This is threadbare and White American in origin: "princess" of course is the give-away here. Too bad to see this stuff in Wikipedia.--Wetman (talk) 03:57, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That's what the source says... obviously it's a made-up story, and I think the article makes a good point that it's unlikely to be true. What would you suggest the article say? — raeky  t  23:20, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 * @Raeky White mans legend has it....... 132.147.5.182 (talk) 22:45, 28 October 2023 (UTC)