"Mountain boomer" & Jargon

[Dave Robertson]

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 Ernest Thompson Seton in /Lives of Game Animals/ (Vol. IV Part II, Rodents,
 &c.,  1909),  identifies this animal as /Aplodontia rufa/, and  gives as
 other names for it: Mountain Beaver, Sewellel, Blue Muskrat, Ground Beaver,
 Muskrat Beaver, Showt'l, Kick-willy, Giant Mole, Ou-ka-la, Haplodon,
 Aplodon, and Chehalis.
 He quotes Dr. Jas. G. Cooper:" 'The Chinook name for the animal itself is
 /O-gwool-lal./ /She-wal-lal/ (Sewellel, corrupt) is their name for the robe
 made of its skins.' "
 This information is taken from the 1929 edition,  Doubleday, Doran, p 526
 et seq.
 A. Murie

 A&M Murie
 N. Bangor NY
 sagehen at westelcom.com