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Summary
This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure, still in print after fifty years.
Author Notes
Ella E. Clark, who died in 1998, was Professor Emerita of English at Washington State University. She heard her first fragments of Indian myths while serving as a fire lookout for the U.S. Forest Service in the Cascade Mountains. She collected tribal tales in libraries and archives in the U.S. and Canada for many years
Table of Contents
Introduction: From Mountain Peaks to Indian Legends | p. 1 |
I. Myths of the Mountains | |
The Spirits in Nature | p. 7 |
Mount Shasta and the Grizzly Bears modoc | p. 9 |
Mount Shasta and the Great Flood shasta | p. 11 |
The Peaks of Central Oregon warm springs | p. 12 |
Mount Jefferson and the Great Flood | p. 14 |
The Chief's Face on Mount Hood | p. 15 |
A Mount Adams Story yakima | p. 16 |
White Eagle: The Law on Mount Adams yakima | p. 19 |
The Bridge of the Gods klickitat | p. 20 |
The River Spirit and the Mountain Demons wishram | p. 23 |
The Origin of Puget Sound and the Cascade Range | p. 25 |
Indian Names for Mount Rainier | p. 26 |
Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains | p. 28 |
Mount Rainier and the Great Flood skokomish (?) | p. 31 |
The Lake on Mount Rainier puyallup | p. 32 |
The Miser on Mount Rainier nisqually | p. 33 |
The Origin of Mount Si and the Forests snoqualmie | p. 38 |
Kulshan and His Two Wives lummi | p. 39 |
Mount Baker and the Great Flood squamish | p. 42 |
The Origin of Sisters Peak skagit | p. 43 |
Other Traditions of the Great Flood several tribes | p. 44 |
The Valiey of Peace in the Olympics | p. 46 |
The Seven Devils Mountains nez perce | p. 47 |
II. Legends of the Lakes | |
Spirits and Animals in the Lakes | p. 51 |
The Origin of Crater Lake klamath | p. 53 |
The War between Lao and Skell: A Legend of Crater Lake | p. 56 |
Crater Lake and the Two Hunters klamath | p. 58 |
Another Crater Lake Legend klamath | p. 60 |
The Elk Spirit of Lost Lake wasco | p. 61 |
The Demons in Spirit Lake several tribes | p. 63 |
Kwatee and the Monster in Lake Quinault quillayute | p. 64 |
The Origin of Lake Crescent quillayute | p. 65 |
Nahkeeta: A Story of Lake Sutherland klallam (?) | p. 66 |
Mason Lake and the Crying Loon nisqually | p. 67 |
The Lake on Vashon Island | p. 68 |
The Lake and the Elk-Child klickitat | p. 69 |
The Monster and Lake Chelan chelan | p. 70 |
The Lakes of the Grand Coulee | p. 72 |
Spokane Lake of Long Ago spokane | p. 74 |
Chief Joseph's Story of Wallowa Lake nez perce | p. 75 |
III. Tales of the Rivers, Rocks, and Waterfalls | |
The Animal People of Long Ago | p. 81 |
Creation of the Animal People okanogan | p. 83 |
How Coyote Got His Special Power lake | p. 84 |
Why Rivers Flow but One Way snohomish, quinault | p. 86 |
How Coyote Made the Columbia River colville | p. 88 |
Coyote and the Monster of the Columbia klickitat | p. 89 |
Why Coyote Changed the Course of the Columbia River sanpoil | p. 91 |
How Coyote Helped the People several tribes | p. 96 |
The Origin of Willamette Falls kalapuya | p. 99 |
Pillar Rock | p. 100 |
The Cave Monster of the Willamette Valley kalapuya (?) | p. 101 |
A Legend of Multnomah Falls | p. 102 |
Horsetail Falls and Beacon Rock | p. 105 |
Latourell Falls and the Pillars of Hercules | p. 106 |
Why the Columbia Sparkles wasco | p. 107 |
The Ever-watchful Eye wishram | p. 108 |
The Painted Rocks at Naches Gap yakima | p. 109 |
The Origin of the Petrified Forest colville | p. 110 |
Legends of Steamboat Rock colville | p. 112 |
The Hee-Hee Stone okanogan | p. 114 |
The Origin of the Spokane River spokane | p. 116 |
The Origin of Palouse Falls palouse | p. 117 |
Beaver and the Grande Ronde River nez perce | p. 118 |
Destruction Island and Tatoosh Island makah | p. 120 |
How Kwatee Made the Rivers and Rocks quillayute | p. 121 |
How Kwatee Changed the World queets | p. 122 |
A Potlatch on the Oregon Coast coquille | p. 124 |
IV. Myths of Creation, the Sky, and Storms | |
Why and When the Tales Were Told | p. 129 |
The Creation of the Klamath World klamath | p. 132 |
In the Beginning of the Modoc World modoc | p. 133 |
The Origin of the Chinook Indians chinook | p. 135 |
In the Beginning of the Nisqually World nisqually | p. 136 |
The Beginning of the Skagit World skagit | p. 138 |
The Beginning and the End of the Okanogan World okanogan | p. 141 |
Creation of the Yakima World yakima | p. 142 |
The Story of the Changer puyallup | p. 143 |
The Changer Comes to the Lummi lummi | p. 147 |
Pushing up the Sky snohomish | p. 148 |
How Raven Helped the Ancient People | p. 150 |
How the People Got the Sun quillayute | p. 151 |
The Big Dipper and the Milky Way wasco | p. 152 |
The Seven Sisters of the Sky nez perce | p. 155 |
Two Canoes in the Sky | p. 156 |
The Origin of Cassiopeia's Chair quillayute | p. 157 |
The Earth People Visit the Sky People queets | p. 158 |
The Northern Lights and Creatures of the Sky makah | p. 160 |
Thunderbird and Whale quillayute | p. 161 |
Thunder and Lightning nisqually | p. 164 |
Thunder's Spirit Power skagit | p. 165 |
Thunder and His Son-in-Law quinault | p. 165 |
The Battle with Snow chehalis | p. 167 |
The Chinook Wind yakima | p. 169 |
How Coyote Made the Indian Tribes columbia river tribes | p. 172 |
V. Miscellaneous Myths and Legends | |
Guardian Spirits | p. 179 |
The Hazelnut, a Guardian Spirit yakima | p. 181 |
The Origin of Guardian Spirits and of Sweat Lodge sanpoil | p. 182 |
The Origin of the Root Festival yakima | p. 183 |
The Origin of the Potlatch quillayute | p. 184 |
Coyote and Crow yakima | p. 186 |
How Coyote Brought Fire to the People several tribes | p. 187 |
How Beaver Stole the Fire sanpoil | p. 189 |
Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead | p. 193 |
Memaloose Island, the Island of the Dead wishram | p. 195 |
The Mortal Who Married a Merman coos | p. 197 |
The Maiden of Deception Pass samish | p. 199 |
The Maiden Sacrificed to Winter chinook | p. 201 |
Legend of the White Deer umpqua | p. 203 |
The Coming of the White People wasco | p. 204 |
The First Ship chinook | p. 205 |
Source Notes | p. 209 |
Bibliography | p. 213 |
Glossary | p. 219 |