Native American Legends
Chinook Creation Story
A Chinook Legend
Chinook oral legend has it that the first men of the tribe came
from the sky because they were the offspring of Thunderbird. The
men then found and plucked women (who were in various stages of
development) from the valley floor. This was the first Chinook tribe.
Also, the rock where the first Chinook woman was plucked still
exists. It has a hole all the way through it where her arms passed
right through the middle of the rock. I've never seen it but have
been told how to get there and where it is. Very few people know
about this place (until now), and I'm not at liberty to tell of
its whereabouts.
The Chinook creation story centers in Oregon, on Saddle Mountain.
That's where Thunderbird laid its eggs. Thunderbird was part man,
part spirit being. An Ogress rolled five of Thunderbird's eggs down
Saddle Mountain, and five men, each of different color, were born.
They found their women growing in various states of development
in the valley below. The chief man plucked his wife from a rock.
Her arms went through the rock, as if she was hugging it. There
is a rock with this feature in the Pacific Northwest.
This group formed the first tribe split up as they kept moving
further and further along the Columbia River.
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