. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . STEVRNSON.] COSMOGONY. 27 reptiles, or any living creature but the spider. He drew a line of mealfrom iiortli to soutli and crossed it midway from east to west; and hel)la(Ud two little jxircels north of the cross line, one on either side ofthe line runuing north and .south. These parcels were very valuableand precious, but the ])eople do not know to this day of what they con-sisted; no one ever knew but the creator, SussTstinnako. After plac-ing the ])arcels in position, Susslstinnako sat down ou the
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . STEVRNSON.] COSMOGONY. 27 reptiles, or any living creature but the spider. He drew a line of mealfrom iiortli to soutli and crossed it midway from east to west; and hel)la(Ud two little jxircels north of the cross line, one on either side ofthe line runuing north and .south. These parcels were very valuableand precious, but the ])eople do not know to this day of what they con-sisted; no one ever knew but the creator, SussTstinnako. After plac-ing the ])arcels in position, Susslstinnako sat down ou the west sideof the line running north and south, and south of the cross line, andbegan to sing, and in a little wliile the two parcels accompanied him inthe song by shaking, like rattles. The music was low and sweet, andafter awhile two women appeared, one evolved from each parcel; and. Fig. 10.—Tlie of levelini;. in a short time people began walking about; then animals, birds, andall animate objects appeared, and SiissTstiunako continued to singuntil his creation was complete, when he was very happy and con-tented. There were nuiiiy jjeople and they kept close together, anddid not pass about much, for fear of stepping upon one another; therewas no light and they could not see. The two women first created werethe mothers of all; the one created on the east side of the line of meal,Susslstinnako named tjtsct, and she was the mother of all Indians;he called the other Nowuts^t, she being the mother of other divided the people into clans, saying to certain of thepeople: You are of tlie corn clan, and you are the first of all; and 28 THE SIA. to others he said: You belonj; to tlie c()yot(, the bear, tlie eaglepeople, and so on. After Siissistinnako liad nearly perfected his cieation for Haarts(the earth), he thought it would be well to hav
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