Post by Okwes on Apr 9, 2008 17:20:26 GMT -5
Fox and the Moon - Snoqualmie
The Moon called Snoqualm, had a spider make him a rope of cedar bark that
stretched from the sky to the Earth. Fox and Blue Jay discovered the rope
one day and climbed up where it was attached to the sky. Blue Jay pecked a
hole in the sky and flew into a tree in the sky world.
Fox changed himself into Beaver and swam in the lake. Moon had set a trap in
the lake for Beaver. Moon skinned him and that night, when Moon was asleep,
Beaver got up and put his skin back on.
Looking around, Beaver took a few trees and the Moon's daylight making
tools, some fire, and the Sun which was hidden in the house. Quickly he
changed back to Fox, found the hole that Blue Jay had made and carried the
tools to Earth. He planted the trees, made daylight, gave fire to the people
and put the sun in it's place.
Moon awoke angrily. He followed the tracks that led to the hole and
attempted to climb the down rope, but it broke and he fell to Earth where he
became a mountain. One can see the face of Snoqualm on one of the rocky
cliffs, today called Mount Si and it is near Northbend,
Washington.
www.indigenouspeople.net/fox.htm
The Moon called Snoqualm, had a spider make him a rope of cedar bark that
stretched from the sky to the Earth. Fox and Blue Jay discovered the rope
one day and climbed up where it was attached to the sky. Blue Jay pecked a
hole in the sky and flew into a tree in the sky world.
Fox changed himself into Beaver and swam in the lake. Moon had set a trap in
the lake for Beaver. Moon skinned him and that night, when Moon was asleep,
Beaver got up and put his skin back on.
Looking around, Beaver took a few trees and the Moon's daylight making
tools, some fire, and the Sun which was hidden in the house. Quickly he
changed back to Fox, found the hole that Blue Jay had made and carried the
tools to Earth. He planted the trees, made daylight, gave fire to the people
and put the sun in it's place.
Moon awoke angrily. He followed the tracks that led to the hole and
attempted to climb the down rope, but it broke and he fell to Earth where he
became a mountain. One can see the face of Snoqualm on one of the rocky
cliffs, today called Mount Si and it is near Northbend,
Washington.
www.indigenouspeople.net/fox.htm