Quileute (Quillayute)

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Thunderbird once got very angry and caused the ocean to rise. The Quileute got into their boats. The water rose for four days, covering the tops of the mountains. There was no sun, no land. The Quileute had no way to direct themselves, and they were scattered wherever the wind and currents carried them. The water receded for four days. Some of the people landed at Hoh and lived there. Others landed at Chemakum and stayed there. Only a few found their way back to Quileute.

Reagan, Albert B. and L. V. W. Walters, 1933. "Tales from the Hoh and Quileute," Journal of American Folk-Lore 46: 322. See also Clark, 1953, 45.