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'O Slookw

Dictionary entry

'O Slookwpn • a site on the northeast shore of Big Lagoon

Lexicon record # 4331 | Source reference: YG:I22
Semantic domain: place names

Other places in the Big Lagoon area: Chkweges 'W-a'aag, Poykoh 'O Lep, Suemeeg, 'O Keget'oh, 'O Kegey, 'O Ket'oh, 'O Ket'uel', 'O Kneget, 'O Pyuueweg

Geographical story

  • YG265 • "On the hill back of this place the fir trees stand about like people engaged in the deer-skin dance. A myth recounts that 'somebody' who was trying to start the deer-skin ceremony without being able to find the 'right' place tried it out here; hence the appearance above mentioned. A huge leaning tree here is known as Wohpekumew's cane."