NPS Photo
At the bottom right corner of this photo, the rock formation resembles the rattlesnake from a Nez Perce legend.
“…Rattlesnake and cottontail—they got in an argument about something there. And the cottontail got the best of the argument, so the rattlesnake started to chase the cottontail down the river. Just about after he started chasing him, the rattlesnake hollered down to the other rattlesnake down below the meadow—just about opposite the Hataway Crick. You can see the expression there that the rattlesnake’s laying down for the cottontail down there…”
--Alex Pinkham, Nez Perce Tales (at Spalding, ID in August, 1965)
This story describes a rock formation on the hillside between Lewiston, Idaho and the Spalding Site, along the Clearwater River.