31. The Chocorua Legend |
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| located by Chocorua Lake on the west side of NH16, 3.5 miles north of its junction with NH113 in Tamworth, NH |
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"In several versions, the legend's sequence relates the mysterious
death of Chocorua's son while in the care of a settler named Campbell. Suspicious of the cause, the Pequawket
chieftain took revenge on the settler's family. Then, in retaliation, Campbell killed Chocorua on the peak of
the mountain now bearing the Indian's name" erected 1965 |
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