Quileute Legend In Quileute Legend, in the past there was a war between the Quileute and the Ozette (Eyii’-elat). A Quileute man lost all his brothers in battle. He retired to a hill on the northern side of the mouth of the Quileute river, and cried at that place. That night there was a full … [Read more…]
According to Quiletue legend, a long time ago when elks were men. They decided to throw a potlatch and invite all the wolves, since they used to kill young elk If they wandered off from the house to play. The elks had a very large house; but they consulted collectively, and decided to do without … [Read more…]
In the “Time of Beginnings“, Kweeti traversed the whole world. The first person he met was a white man. At that time the whites were innocent and un-educated. Kweeti taught this man how to dig metal (mammook mola) and many new things. Shortly he came to know everything that white people know now. In addition, … [Read more…]
In the “Time of Beginnings”, people and animals were a great deal alike and could speak with one another. Then, Kovati set out to give the living things their own characteristics. For example, he created Beaver (one of the First Beings) into the first beaver by placing a mussel shell knife on his backside and … [Read more…]
In Quileute Legends there is a story about Sexdate. At one time there was a young man, named Sexdate, who was lazy and Jobless. Due to this fact he only received the tail-part of dried out salmon for his meals. His older brother’s wife brought him the salmon, which he would arrange into a small … [Read more…]