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Legends Shape Jarbidge Gulch Name and Fearsome Giant
The article recounts Shoshone and Piute legends about a canyon near Jarbidge, where a giant demon named Johrbiteh or similar is said to dwell. It describes the tribe’s fear, fire events, and accounts from Duck Valley elders linking cannibal myths to the peril of the gulch and a possible ancient volcano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Winter
Buck
J. M. Hawthorne
George C. Riddle
Jarbidge
Juck Valley
Messrs
Hawthorne
Riddle
Johrbiteh
Johrbitch
Jobrbitch
Duck Valley
Jarbidge Canyon