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'O Slookw

Dictionary entry

'O Slookwpn 1 a site on the northeast shore of Big Lagoon

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

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."