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about eighty pages to the traditions of creation as given by 
the Quiches, Mexicans, Tezcucans, Moquis, Navajos, Pueblos, 
Thlinkeets, California Indians, Aztecs, Miztecs, natives of 
Guatemala, Sinaloas, Cochimis and Pericues of Lower Cali- 
fornia, Gallimeros, Los Angelos Indians, and others of Southern 
California, 
The Pimas say that the Creator took clay and mixed it with 
the sweat of his body, kneaded the whole into a lump, blew | 
upon the lump till it was filled with life and began to move, 
and it became man and woman.* 
Powers gives traditions of creation by several tribes of the 
California Indians, the Karoks, by Great Kareya, the Mattoals, 
Senels, Maidus, Miwoks, by the Coyote, and Palligawonaps 
by the Old Man.t+ Some of these traditions are silly enough, 
but contain one central idea, creation by a. superior being. 
The Clallams and T'wanas have also some curious traditions. 
Those around the mouth of the Columbia believed that man 
was originally made by the Superior Deity, but in an imperfect 
state, being rather a statue of flesh than a living bemge. A 
second divinity, less powerful, pitied him, opened his. eyes, 
gave him motion and taught him what to do. t 
According to Bancroft, the Ahts, Chinooks, Cayuses, Nez 
Percés, and Walla Wallas, believe that man was made from the 
lower animals, while the Selish, Nisquallies, and Yakamas 
think that animals were created from man [i%.e., an ancient 
race who were foolish.—M. H.]. The Tacullies, of British 
Columbia, believe that the world was created by the musk rat ; 
the Thlinkeets, by Yehl, the raven; the Aleuts say the dog 
was the originator, but some say it was an old man who came 
frony the mainland ; the Tinnehs have a bird and dog origin ; 
and the name of the Great Deity of the Konigas is Shljam 
Schoa, or Creator.§ 
The Chippewyans of British America believe that the world 
was first a vast ocean, and that the Great Spirit, in the form 
of a great bird, came down, whose eyes were fire, whose 
glances were lightning, and the clapping of whose wings was 
thunder, who rested on the ocean, and immediately land 
arose. He then created animals from the earth, and the 
- Chippewyans from a dog. || 
There are also traditions of the same event by the Okina- 
* Bancroft’s Natiwe Races of the Pacific, vol. iii. p. 75. 
+ Contributions to N. A. Ethnology, vol. iii. pp. 35, 110, 171, 293, 353, 
ee ~ Dunn, On Oregon Territory, p- 91, 
§ Bancroft’s Native Races of the Pacific, vol. iii, 
i Dunn, On Oregon Territory, pp. 75, 76. 
