Since some of them had many evil ways he had, for his protection, the Grizzly Bears for guards.

When the new lodge was finished he realized that it would have to be well guarded, for in those days the fish, birds and animals by the aid of their strong minds could change themselves into human beings. There he would build a large community house for himself and his tribe. When looking down from a mountain, he spied a berrying place by a river. Donning his Thunder Bird garments, he flew out of the door of the Upper World. One day he decided to live with the mortals of the earth, and be like them. Tsona resided in Skyland, above the snowy peaks that border the inlet. This legend tells of the origin of their Totem Pole. Among them the Thunder Bird is known as Ts-o-na.

On the Knight Inlet of British Columbia there dwells a portion of the Kwakiutl Indian Tribe. 64 THE THUNDER BIRD TOTEM POLE Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada. The Thunder Bird Tootooch Legends, by W.L.

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