INDIAN PRINCESS
- Program
- Subject
- Location
- Lat/Long
- Grant Recipient
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Legends & Lore®
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Folklore
- 279 Lake Shore Road, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
- 40.830119, -73.116693
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Lake Ronkonkoma Heritage Association
INDIAN PRINCESS
Inscription
INDIAN PRINCESSOF LAKE RONKONKOMA. LEGEND
SAYS SHE CLAIMS ONE MALE EACH
YEAR BY DROWNING TO BE WITH
HER AT BOTTOM OF LAKE AS
SHE SEEKS HER TRUE LOVE.
NEW YORK FOLKLORE SOCIETY
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2016
This legend describes a Native American princess, known as the Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma, who claims the life of one male each year by drowning them in the lake. She did this in search of her true love.
