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These collected myths and tales of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest鈥攖he Klamath, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Modoc, Shastan, Chinook, Flathead, Clatsop, and other tribes鈥攚ere first published in 1910. Here are their stories concerning the creation of the universe, the theft of fire and daylight, the death and rebirth of salmon, and especially, the formation of such geographical features as The Dalles, the Columbia River, the Yukon River, and Mounts Shasta, Hood, Rainier, Baker, and Adams.聽Katharine Berry Judson began with native oral tradition in retelling these stories. They represent, as Jay Miller says, 鈥渁 distillation of tribal memory and a personification of environmental wisdom.鈥?Some legends鈥斺淒uration of Life,鈥?鈥淥ld Grizzly and Old Antelope,鈥?and 鈥淩obe of Kemush鈥濃攁re almost literal translations, recorded by government ethnologists. Animating the beautifully wrought tales are entities like Coyote, Old Man Above, Owl and Raven and other Animal People, and Chinook Ghosts.