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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
October 25, 2017
The Peaks of Central Oregon
This is the conclusion of the
Indian legend, The Peaks of
Central Oregon , as re-
counted in Indian Legends
of the Pacific Northwest,
by Ella E. Clark.
Black Butte and her hus-
band were still resting when
the bridge fell, and they stayed
there at the head of the
Metolius River. Green Ridge,
the husband, still lies there
pouting.
There are plenty of deer
on Green Ridge. The plants
and seeds Black Butte carried
took root. We still go there
to dig bitterroot, kouse, In-
dian potato and looksch. We
go there to gather huckleber-
ries, service berries, little blue-
berries, and pine nuts.
Almost all the plant foods
Indians like grow on Black
Butte.
Three Sisters
South of Black Butte and
Green Ridge is the mountain
group called the Three Sis-
ters, Klah Klahnee. The Three
Sisters were once the biggest
and highest mountain of all.
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It could be seen for many
miles.
One time the earth shook
for days, and the mountain
boiled inside. It boiled over,
and hot rocks came out of
the top of it.
Flames and smoke rose
high in the air. Red-hot
stones were thrown out in
every direction.
Many villages and many
Indians were buried by the
rocks. When the mountain
became quiet again, most of
it was gone.
Only three points were
left, that is why it is called
Klah Klahnee, for that means
“three points.”
You can still see the black
rocks all around the base of
the three mountains.
Mount Jefferson
South of the Three Sis-
ters is Broken Top. Our
grandfathers called it Tluskh-
na-me Pahto. That means
“dirt mountain.”
South of Broken Top is
Bachelor Butte. Our old
people called it Tkh-tkh-ee,
which means “grasshopper
mountain.”
Three-fingered Jack,
north of Black Butte, they
called Little Khla-tee-wap-thee.
Mount Jefferson they
called Big Khla-tee-wap-thee.
That means “slide down and
get stuck in the mud.”
That’s what happened when
people rode up the moun-
tain in the spring—the
horses slid down and got
stuck in the mud.
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