The Country
According to folklore, the Flying Head drove the original native inhabitants who lived in the area of the state of New York near the source of the Hudson River away from their hunting grounds before the Europeans came. The name of the previous inhabitants has been lost to history, and the legend of the Flying Head ensured that every neighboring tribe steered clear for many years. The Flying Head legend survives, but the name of the tribe who invented it is gone.
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