"mountain boomer"

[sagehen]

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