Okanagaus

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge Legends of America

"The Okanagaus have a god, Skyappe, and also one called Chacha, who appear to be endowed with omniscience; but their principal divinity is their great mythical ruler and heroine, Scomalt.

A man and woman escaped in a canoe, and arrived on the main-land; and from these the Okanagaus are descended." (Bancroft's "Native Races," vol.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge Legends of America

Okanagaus: Their myth speaks of a lost island pushed to sea during a flood, from which only a man and woman survived.