Stephanie wrote:

"I seem to remember another geological
event being described by native americans
--Mt. Mazama?"

Unfortunately, I am not familiar with what you are asking
about in respect to North America. You might be refering
to the White River volcanic eruption in Canada, which is
discussed in:

Moodie, D. W., Catchpole, A. J. W., Abel, K., and
Wortley, J., 1991, Northern Athapaskan oral traditions
and the White River volcanic eruption. Ethnohistory.
vol. 39, pp 148-171

Also, there is a web page about Native American lore
and Northwest volcanoes in "Native American Myths" at
[volcano.und.nodak.edu] and "Legends" at [volcano.und.edu].

Finally, there is a classic study involved native lore and
the volcanoes of Papua New Guinea. It is;

Blong, R. J., 1982, The Time of Darkness: Local
Legends and Volcanic Reality in Papua New Guinea.
Australia National University Press, Canberra,
Australia, 257 p.

Another more general reference on geologic catastrophes
and legends and folk lore is:

Vitaliano, Dorothy B., 1976, Legends of the Earth: Their
Geologic Origins. The Citadel Press, Secaucus, New Jersey.

Best Regards,

Paul H.



"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)