From Stories to Salt Cairns: Uncovering Indigenous Influence in the Formative Years of the Oregon Historical Society, 1898-1905

So he called for the birds. The first that came was a little wren. She pecked, and broke her bill, but could not make a hole. Then came the lark, and the robin, and the blue jay, and black bird, and many others that tried, but could do nothing. But as each came and did what it could Tallapus listened and gave it a name. (1)
SOMETIME IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY the Reverend Horace S. Lyman transcribed what he called the story of 'Tallapus and the Cedar Tree' for preservation by the Oregon Historical Society [...]