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| Introduction: From Mountain Peaks to Indian Legends | |
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| Myths of the Mountains | |
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| The Spirits in Nature | |
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| Mount Shasta and the Grizzly Bears modoc | |
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| Mount Shasta and the Great Flood shasta | |
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| The Peaks of Central Oregon warm springs | |
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| Mount Jefferson and the Great Flood | |
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| The Chief's Face on Mount Hood | |
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| A Mount Adams Story yakima | |
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| White Eagle: The Law on Mount Adams yakima | |
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| The Bridge of the Gods klickitat | |
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| The River Spirit and the Mountain Demons wishram | |
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| The Origin of Puget Sound and the Cascade Range | |
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| Indian Names for Mount Rainier | |
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| Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains | |
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| Mount Rainier and the Great Flood skokomish (?) | |
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| The Lake on Mount Rainier puyallup | |
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| The Miser on Mount Rainier nisqually | |
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| The Origin of Mount Si and the Forests snoqualmie | |
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| Kulshan and His Two Wives lummi | |
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| Mount Baker and the Great Flood squamish | |
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| The Origin of Sisters Peak skagit | |
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| Other Traditions of the Great Flood several tribes | |
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| The Valiey of Peace in the Olympics | |
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| The Seven Devils Mountains nez perce | |
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| Legends of the Lakes | |
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| Spirits and Animals in the Lakes | |
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| The Origin of Crater Lake klamath | |
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| The War between Lao and Skell: A Legend of Crater Lake | |
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| Crater Lake and the Two Hunters klamath | |
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| Another Crater Lake Legend klamath | |
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| The Elk Spirit of Lost Lake wasco | |
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| The Demons in Spirit Lake several tribes | |
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| Kwatee and the Monster in Lake Quinault quillayute | |
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| The Origin of Lake Crescent quillayute | |
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| Nahkeeta: A Story of Lake Sutherland klallam (?) | |
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| Mason Lake and the Crying Loon nisqually | |
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| The Lake on Vashon Island | |
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| The Lake and the Elk-Child klickitat | |
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| The Monster and Lake Chelan chelan | |
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| The Lakes of the Grand Coulee | |
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| Spokane Lake of Long Ago spokane | |
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| Chief Joseph's Story of Wallowa Lake nez perce | |
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| Tales of the Rivers, Rocks, and Waterfalls | |
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| The Animal People of Long Ago | |
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| Creation of the Animal People okanogan | |
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| How Coyote Got His Special Power lake | |
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| Why Rivers Flow but One Way snohomish, quinault | |
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| How Coyote Made the Columbia River colville | |
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| Coyote and the Monster of the Columbia klickitat | |
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| Why Coyote Changed the Course of the Columbia River sanpoil | |
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| How Coyote Helped the People several tribes | |
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| The Origin of Willamette Falls kalapuya | |
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| Pillar Rock | |
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| The Cave Monster of the Willamette Valley kalapuya (?) | |
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| A Legend of Multnomah Falls | |
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| Horsetail Falls and Beacon Rock | |
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| Latourell Falls and the Pillars of Hercules | |
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| Why the Columbia Sparkles wasco | |
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| The Ever-watchful Eye wishram | |
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| The Painted Rocks at Naches Gap yakima | |
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| The Origin of the Petrified Forest colville | |
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| Legends of Steamboat Rock colville | |
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| The Hee-Hee Stone okanogan | |
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| The Origin of the Spokane River spokane | |
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| The Origin of Palouse Falls palouse | |
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| Beaver and the Grande Ronde River nez perce | |
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| Destruction Island and Tatoosh Island makah | |
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| How Kwatee Made the Rivers and Rocks quillayute | |
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| How Kwatee Changed the World queets | |
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| A Potlatch on the Oregon Coast coquille | |
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| Myths of Creation, the Sky, and Storms | |
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| Why and When the Tales Were Told | |
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| The Creation of the Klamath World klamath | |
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| In the Beginning of the Modoc World modoc | |
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| The Origin of the Chinook Indians chinook | |
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| In the Beginning of the Nisqually World nisqually | |
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| The Beginning of the Skagit World skagit | |
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| The Beginning and the End of the Okanogan World okanogan | |
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| Creation of the Yakima World yakima | |
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| The Story of the Changer puyallup | |
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| The Changer Comes to the Lummi lummi | |
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| Pushing up the Sky snohomish | |
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| How Raven Helped the Ancient People | |
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| How the People Got the Sun quillayute | |
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| The Big Dipper and the Milky Way wasco | |
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| The Seven Sisters of the Sky nez perce | |
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| Two Canoes in the Sky | |
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| The Origin of Cassiopeia's Chair quillayute | |
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| The Earth People Visit the Sky People queets | |
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| The Northern Lights and Creatures of the Sky makah | |
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| Thunderbird and Whale quillayute | |
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| Thunder and Lightning nisqually | |
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| Thunder's Spirit Power skagit | |
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| Thunder and His Son-in-Law quinault | |
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| The Battle with Snow chehalis | |
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| The Chinook Wind yakima | |
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| How Coyote Made the Indian Tribes columbia river tribes | |
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| Miscellaneous Myths and Legends | |
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| Guardian Spirits | |
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| The Hazelnut, a Guardian Spirit yakima | |
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| The Origin of Guardian Spirits and of Sweat Lodge sanpoil | |
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| The Origin of the Root Festival yakima | |
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| The Origin of the Potlatch quillayute | |
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| Coyote and Crow yakima | |
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| How Coyote Brought Fire to the People several tribes | |
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| How Beaver Stole the Fire sanpoil | |
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| Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead | |
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| Memaloose Island, the Island of the Dead wishram | |
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| The Mortal Who Married a Merman coos | |
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| The Maiden of Deception Pass samish | |
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| The Maiden Sacrificed to Winter chinook | |
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| Legend of the White Deer umpqua | |
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| The Coming of the White People wasco | |
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| The First Ship chinook | |
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| Source Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Glossary | |