Rooster Rock

[Tony Johnson]

A quick note (and good to hear from you Jeff):  I have heard Rooster
Rock often referred to as "Cock Rock" which is likely where the more PC
version (Rooster) comes from.  Regardless, from a Columbia River
Indian's perspective it IS coyote's penis.

hayu masi (many thanks),



Tony A. Johnson
Cultural Education Coordinator
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
9615 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, OR 97347
503-879-2084


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:46 PM
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Subject: Re: Rooster Rock

I don't have a copy of Gill's but found a poor scan of it online, which
mentions "Rooster Rock," though by a different term:

Woot'-Ut (O. C.) A phallus. Often represented in
carved pestles. Natural pillars and towers of
basalt were sometimes called "Wootlat," and
venerated. Rooster Rock was a notable wood at.

Note this is a very poor OCR, I presume the word is actually "wootlat."

http://www.archive.org/stream/gillsdictionary00goog/gillsdictionary00goo
g_djvu.txt 

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