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eral small towns and the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquium. And 

 I Mr. Hill has made it the terminus of one of his transcontinental 

 I railroads, and other roads are being headed towards it with a view 

 of entering the Olympic country from that point. Lumbering is 

 the principal industry of the region in the vicinity of the harbor, 

 .and here are located some of the largest lumber mills in the state 

 of Washington. 



Moclips is at the terminus of the northern extension of the rail- 

 i roads from Gray's Harbor. It has an excellent, open sandy beach. 

 At the present time it is a summer resort. 



La Push is the Indian village at the mouth of the Quillayute 

 river. It is a picturesque place, and has a population of 231 In- 

 dians. From time immemorial it has been the home of the Quileute 

 ' (or Quillayute)^* Indians as it is to-day. At the present time it is 

 . governed by the teacher in charge of the United States Indian school 

 : located in the village. Were the Indian reservation thrown open, 

 there is only one thing lacking to make this place a large town. 

 • That is a safe harbor. This it practically once had, at least for 

 •schooners, at the time the river entered Quillayute bay, but the 

 : change in the mouth of the liver altered all this. 



At the present time everything must be brought into the country 

 over the road from East Clallam, on the Strait of Fuca, or on the sea 

 by way of La Push. Most of the merchandise which is brought into 

 the interior country comes by the way of Clallam bay. But little 

 is brought by way of La Push, except such supplies as are brought 

 for the K. O. Erickson-Taylor store at Mora, four miles from La 

 Push — about three or four schooner loads a year; the schooner lies 



upon them. They are the prairies of the country. At last the whale escaped to the deep ocean, 

 and the Thunder bird gave up the fight. That is why the Mimlos-v/hale or killer-whale still 

 lives in the ocean to-day." 



The Thunder bird and the origin of the Glacial Boulder-Train ridge across Beaver prairie 



(Police Hobucket): 



"A man was living at Wo-lot ( Beaver prairie). He was an elk hunter. ' He went off hunt- 

 ing very early one morning, but soon came back, saying that he had seen a very big bird sitting 

 in a tree just a little way above the ground. This bird was the Thunder bird. That man took 

 one feather from thunderer's wing. It was just as long as a canoe-paddle. He bent the feather 

 and put it into his quiver and brought it home with him. After he had showed this feather to 

 the people he said: ' I also saw a very, very large whale on the prairie. It had been carried there 

 by the bird. The bird was re.sting, because he had such a big load ' 



"The man sent word to all the Quileute people at the mouth of the river to come up and cut 

 up the whale, because it was so large that the bird could not carry it further. All the beach and 

 river Indians, three to six in each whaling canoe, came at once to the prairie to cut up the whale. 

 On reaching there they found the huge whale lying dead at the lower end of the prairie, as had 

 been reported. They immediately commenced measuring off the parts they wanted; one family 

 took the head, another the saddle, and so on. By evening they had it all cut up. They piled up 

 tTie block-like sections of the blubber all over the ground. Night came on; and the clouds over- 

 head became black. The Thunder bird had been robbed of his prey and now he was returning 

 with vengeance in his wings. It commenced to lightning and to shower a little, not so much at 

 fiirst. Then it hailed large hail, hail larger than your fist. The hail killed and mangled all the 

 people on that rrairie. Tha Indians had cooked and eaten whale meat that evening; and it was 

 all right, it was good to eat. But after the storm both the meat and blubber were turned to 

 stone: as were the people also. And to-day. in great blocks of rocks, they form a ridge from one 

 end of the prairie to the other. Oae may even see the ribs of the whale's carcass and its massive 

 head." 



14, Geographers spell tlie word " Quillayute." The Indian office spells it "Quileute." 



