The dawn of the world; myths and weird tales told by the Mewan Indians of California . what he could do. After a while, when he was dancing hardest,the sticks broke and he fell into the hole. Thepeople were ready. They had a big rock, a verybig rock, which it had taken many people to were waiting, and the moment he fell in theypushed the rock quickly over the hole and held itdown; they all climbed up on it and held it downtight so he could not get out. The hot coals burnt his feet and made him was very angry and shot his scent so hardagainst the side of the hole that he pus
The dawn of the world; myths and weird tales told by the Mewan Indians of California . what he could do. After a while, when he was dancing hardest,the sticks broke and he fell into the hole. Thepeople were ready. They had a big rock, a verybig rock, which it had taken many people to were waiting, and the moment he fell in theypushed the rock quickly over the hole and held itdown; they all climbed up on it and held it downtight so he could not get out. The hot coals burnt his feet and made him was very angry and shot his scent so hardagainst the side of the hole that he pushed moun-tains up on that side; then he turned the other wayand shot again and pushed mountains up on thatside too. After this his scent was gone and thecoals burnt him and killed him. Then all thepeople were happy. The next day the people had a great feast andate all the dried meat they wanted. 120 Nek-na-ka-tah the Rock Maiden A Tale of the Northern MewukAs told at IVal-le near the Canyon of Mokelumne River PersonagesNek-na-kd-tah the Rock MaidenOo-soo-ma-te the Grizzly Bear 122. i5efe=na4a=taf) tfie l^cfe iWaiben IN the mountains among the rocks by the riverlives Nek-na-ka-tah, the little rock girl. Sheis herself a rock and always lives in rockyplaces by the river. In some way she produces orgives off people; these people are hard like rocksand you can not cut them or shoot them with anarrow. A long time ago Oo-soo-ma-te the GrizzlyBear and Hoi-yah-ko the FIRST PEOPLE, made theChaw-se or mortar holes in the big flat-toppedrocks. Then Nek-na-ka-tah the rock maiden cameand helped make the Kah-wah-che or stone pestlesfor the people to pound acorns with. 125 The Jealousy of Wek-wek and the Death of LO-WUTA Tale of the Wi-pa TribeThe Wi-pa lived on No-yoop Island between the Sacra-mento and San Joaquin Rivers, east of Suisun Bay. They arenow extinct. The last survivor, an old woman named E-non-na-too-yd, to whom the author is indebted for the followingremarkable story, died durin
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