Salt Spring Island Archives
Origin Story Disclaimer: The Salt Spring Archives do not own these stories, we have been given permission by their rightful keepers to share them. They have been passed down from generation to generation and now we carefully share them with you. We do ask that you be respectful with how you read and share them. We hope that you will learn from them. Some stories may contain information that others may deem fabricated or false. They are true to the version that was shared.
1‘Cowichan Indian Legends: End of the Wolf Men’ published in the Cowichan Leader newspaper, 4 October 1928. Column 1, Column 2, Read Whole PDF Here
2‘Story of Sqaleken’ by Hill-Trout (1902-1906) Read Here (PDF), Read Here
3‘Skelechun - The Lightning Eyed’ by Hill-Trout, (1902-1906). Read Here
4‘Scallighan, or The Thunder and Lightning Bird’ by Harris, M. (2004). The Story of Quamichan. In History and Folklore of the Cowichan Indians (pp. 45-51). Read Here
5‘Origin the Thunder Bird’ by Cryer, B. (2007) in C. Arnett (Ed.) Two Houses Half Buried in Sand. Read Here
6‘Story of Quamichan’ by Harris, M. (2004). The Story of Quamichan. In History and Folklore of the Cowichan Indians (pp. 41–43). Read Here
7‘The Monster of Octopus Point’ Thorne, A. (Ed.). (1992) in When the Rains Came. Read Here
