156 Kansas Academy of Science. 



Choice between the second and third hypotheses is not wise at this 

 time, but there are fewest difficulties in the acceptance of the third 

 hypothesis, that the drainage results from the doming of a pene- 

 plain." 



To turn to the coastal region, it is found to consist of an elevated 

 terrace resting upon a wave-cut platform, which extends along 

 practically tlie entire coast from Freshwater bay on the strait to 

 Grandville on the Pacific. The terrace ranges from 50 to 300 feet 

 in elevation, the average being about 150 feet. It is composed of 

 more or less resistant rocks, except from Port Townsend to Fresh- 

 water bay, it is there composed of steep bluflPs or more or less in- 

 coherent Pleistocene deposits and the two sand spits previously 

 mentioned. There are occasional stretches of the coast, however 

 where the land slopes gradually down to the water-line, as, for in- 

 instance. at the mouth of the Queets river and from Grandville to 

 Gray's Harbor. Here the timber comes down to high-tide level, 

 and the beaches are strewn with huge logs which have been under- 

 rained by the pounding tides and swept into the tumbling waters. 

 Two ridges also face the water-front ; the one between Crescent bay 

 and Freshwater bay, the other between Pysht and Clallam rivers. 



The terrace platform reaches its maximum width on the Pacific 

 front where the gentle folds of the anticlines jut out to sea, the 

 wave action being more intense on this side. The greatest width 

 of this platform is about two miles, in the vicinity of the Flattery 

 and Bodelteh islets at the mouth of the Ozette river, thoui^h a sec- 

 ondary platform extends oat many miles further. The ridge here 

 from which it. is developed seems to be a monocline. On the 

 primary platform are to be found islands in all stages of develop- 

 m3nt, from partially isolated promontories to spike rocks and 

 reefs. Destruction island, near the mouth of the Hoh river, and 

 James island, at La Push, are the largest islands along the coast of 

 Washington. ^^ 



17. An Indian myth of how the headlands and promontories of the Washington coast were 

 formed (Elon Mason): 



" It was long ag-o. when people were animals and animals were people Kwatte was then 

 still living on earth. He had his house on the beach near here; but he did not get hardly any- 

 thing to eat, for the wolves of the region prowled the coast, caught all the salmon, ate all the 

 berries, and devoured all of the animals of the woods, and gulped down all the fish eggs, that 

 floated ashore. What was Kwatte to do? Oni^ day the chief of the wolves came along up the 

 coast. He came to Kwatte's house. Kwatte pretended to be sick. The wolf came in. He 

 made himself at home. Kwatte let him stay. That night he made his bed at Kwatte's house 

 beside Kwatte's fire. Soon he was sound asleep. When he had been asleep for a considerable 

 time he began to snore. He snored loud This was Kwatte's opportunity. He would now get 

 even with the wolves: and he would also have some m-at to eat. He got his knife; looked at it 

 to see if it was good and sharp, then, finding it in good shape, he went to the m.it on which the 

 wolf was sleeping and severed his head with one blow. He then skinned the carcass and hung 

 the skin up above the fireplace in his house to dry. Then he stored the meat safely under his 

 bed. Then he went to sleep. 



"The next morning, bright and early, a wolf came tracking his chief up the beach. He 

 tracked him to Kwatte's house. He entered the house. Said he to Kwatte, 'Did you see Chief 

 Wolf? ' Kwatte answered, 'No, I am sick. I have not been out of my house. I have not seen 

 him.' 'But, he came into your house. We tracked him here,' exclaimed the wolf. While wolf 



