Indian Legends of Vancouver Island by Alfred Carmichael
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and bad chehahs.
She-she-took-a-muck was a ferocious whale supposed to have lived at Hell's Gate, and to have swallowed Indians and their canoes. The whale was killed by the aid of Quawteaht. Kah-oots was supposed to be one of the deities of Seshaht mythology. Tsa-a-toos,--(Copper Island) is a large island situated in Barkley Sound and near to the entrance to the Alberni Canal. Toosh-ko, Hy-wach-es, Wak-ah-nit, (Copper Mountain) Tin-nim-ah, and Klu-quilth-koose (now known as Coos Creek) are place names on the Alberni Canal. U-ah-tee--the north wind, Yuk-stees--the south wind. O-lil-lie and Il-la-hie, are Chinook for berries and land or country respectively. Ah-tooch is the Indian name for deer. Lup-se-kup-se or Nooh-see-cupis, is a small piece of cleared land on the left bank of the Tsomass river and about half way between the towns of Port Alberni and Alberni. Kleet-sa, is a high mountain rising from the waters of Taylor Arm, Sproat Lake, so named because of its white or chalky appearance. Kuth-kah-chulth, is the Indian name for Mount Arrowsmith, a |
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