. Myths and legends of the Pacific Northwest : especially of Washington and Oregon . OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST he listened. It went down, down, down ! He threwanother rock; then the third. Then he threw apiece of earth. He listened. He threw the otherpiece of earth. After the fifth throw, mighty wavesarose. They dashed against the land, then were the tides formed. Then more land came, but it was muddy. Mancould not step on it. Soon footprints appeared. Ha, said Qawaneca. That is sickness. It isbad. So he made the water cover the land. Thenhe blew at the water and uncovered the land
. Myths and legends of the Pacific Northwest : especially of Washington and Oregon . OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST he listened. It went down, down, down ! He threwanother rock; then the third. Then he threw apiece of earth. He listened. He threw the otherpiece of earth. After the fifth throw, mighty wavesarose. They dashed against the land, then were the tides formed. Then more land came, but it was muddy. Mancould not step on it. Soon footprints appeared. Ha, said Qawaneca. That is sickness. It isbad. So he made the water cover the land. Thenhe blew at the water and uncovered the land. Againfootprints came in the mud. That is bad. Thatis sickness, said Qawaneca. Four times he madewater cover the land. The fifth time the footprintswere made as before. Qawaneca let them is a sacred number. All this time it was dark. Qawaneca tried tomake daylight, but could not. Then he called allthe birds to a great council. He asked them howto make sunlight. Only one bird knew. He saidin the far north was the sun. Two wild geese hadbeen there. The geese said there
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