Once, during a raid by the Cowichan, the women and children vanished without a trace and, since then, the Plateau has become taboo for it was believed that it was inhabited by evil spirits who had consumed those they had sent.
Once the women and children vanished without a trace and, since then, the Plateau has become taboo for it was believed that it was inhabited by evil spirits they had sent. This was during a raid by the Cowichan. These evil spirits had consumed those.