1 82 An Indian Legend. 



volcanic action. A consequence of this action 

 has been the precipitation of a portion of this 

 wall bordering the stream into its bed." 



This lake like level of the waters above the 

 Cascades, together with its great depth; this 

 extended sunken forest whose trees are too 

 uniformly perpendicular to permit the suppo- 

 sition of landslides where they stand; this gla- 

 cial like lateral pressure against the Cascade 

 railroad so capable of great acceleration in 

 times of volcanic action; these facts indicate 

 some truth in that old Indian tradition of the 

 Lower Columbia. 



