The goddess of the volcanic Mt. St. Helens, Loo-Wit was said by the Multnomah and Klickitat to be an old woman who, because of her generosity, was granted one boon by the sky spirit. She wished for eternal youth and beauty. "Granted," said the sky father.

He told Loo-Wit to build a fire on the magical bridge that separated the Multnomah and the Klickitat. These selfish and greedy people had been stricken with killing weather, and all of their fires had gone out. When the now-magnificent woman appeared on the magic bridge, bringing them fire, they made peace between the tribes.

However, trouble soon started. Loo-Wit was courted by both Chief Wyeast of the south and Klickitat of the north; she could not decide between them, and the men started a war over her, breaking the magical bridge in the battle. Finally, the sky father intervened, turning Wyeast and Klickitat into the fiery peaks of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams, and Loo-Wit into Mt. St. Helens.

Long after they were raised into volcanic mountains, they continued to make war, shooting fire at each other and spilling rocks - the Columbian Cascades - into the space where the magical bridge once stood.

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