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and was not greedy. It was in her lodge only that fire still
burned. So the Creator went to Loo-Wit.
If you will share your fire with all the people, the
Creator said, I will give you whatever you wish. Tell me
what you want.
I want to be young and beautiful, Loo-Wit said.
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your fire to the Great Stone Bridge above the river. Let all
the people come to you and get fire. You must keep the fire
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saw the sun rise for the first time in many days. The sun
shone on the Great Stone Bridge and there the people saw
a young woman as beautiful as the sunshine itself. Before
her, there on the bridge, burned a fire. The people came
to the fire and ended their quarrels. Loo-Wit gave each of
them fire. Now their homes again became warm and peace
was everywhere.
One day, though, the chief of the people to the north
came to Loo-Wits fire. He saw how beautiful she was and
wanted her to be his wife. At the same time, the chief of
the people to the south also saw Loo-Wits beauty. He, too,
wanted to marry her. Loo-Wit could not decide which of
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beauty. She no longer wanted to be a beautiful young
woman. She could no longer find peace as a human
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a mountain also, the most beautiful of the mountains.
She was placed so that she stood between Mount Adams
and Mount Hood, and she was allowed to keep the fire
within herself which she had once shared on the Great
Stone Bridge. Eventually, she became known as Mount St.
Helens6 and she slept peacefully.
Though she was asleep, Loo-Wit was still aware, the
people said. The Creator had placed her between the
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treat it well. If we human beings do not treat the land with
respect, the people said, Loo-Wit will wake up and let
us know how unhappy she and the Creator have become
again. So they said long before the day in the 1980s when
Mount St. Helens woke again.
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