Siletz High School - Warrior Yearbook (Siletz, OR)

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True to the traditions of their forefathers, the Ind1ans today are interested in community betterment, and willlngly give of their time, money, and talents to see that needed improvements are made Three well known civic minded citlzens, whose ancestors were Rogue River Indlans, are pictured below Mr Art Bensell stands at the right w1th h1s mother, they are members of the To To To Ney tribe Mr Coquelle Thompson, who was a coach and teacher in the hlgh school several years ago, is a Coquelle, his father havlng been a chlef Mr Thompson served as a member of the local school board for a number of years, and is always 1nter ested ln athletlc progress, assistlng the coaches and boys 1n many ways THE PITCH WOMAN LEGLND From the valley of the Rogue River comes the legend of the Pitch Woman, who came into the area after the second distructive fire She was covered with pitch from head to toe, and was so strong and large, belng nearly a hundred feet tall that the Indians could not successfully resist her She strode through the val ley, carrylng a large basket on her shoulder, gathering up the children that she could find Many ran into the houses and hid, for they feared her, although she attempted to appear fr1endly The f1YSt basket of chlldren was taken up the mountain 1n which she had her home, where she kept them captlve, feedlng only lizards and snakes to them Then, taklng her basket, she went back to the v1l lage where she trled to capture the rema1n1ng people They hid in the1r homes, but she llfted off the housetops and placed them all ln her basket, hurrylng back to the mountaln One old man determlned to try to defeat her, so he set fire to the p1tch on her back It was qulckly lgnited, and burned rapldly, flnally burn 1ng the strap which held the basket on her back Though quite hot and shaken, the people were not severely 1n1ured but the pitch woman could not extingu1sh her flames, and though she reached the top of the mountaln, was finally burned to death The Indians then freed their ch1ldren from the1r prison 1n the mountaln, all returning to the1r homes S1nce that t1me descendants of these people have d1sl1ked lizards and snakes

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