y followed them. They joined with them, and traveled with them in
search of food.

_(Hoga group)_

The Hoga came down from above, and found the earth covered with water.
They flew in every direction. They sought for gods who would help
them and drive the water away. They found not one. Then Elk came. He
had a loud voice and he shouted to the four corners of the sky. The
four winds came in answer. They blew upon the water and it vanished
upwards, in a mist. Then the people could see the rocks. Now there was
only a little space on the rocks. They knew they must have more room.
The people were crowded. So they sent Muskrat down into the water. He
did not come back. He was drowned. Then they sent Loon down. He did
not come back. He was drowned. Then they sent Beaver down into the
water. The water was too deep. Beaver was drowned. Then Crawfish dived
into the water. He was gone a long time. When he came up there was a
little mud in his claws. Crawfish was so tired he died. But the people
took the mud out of his claws and made the land.

HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE

_Cherokee_

The earth is a great floating island in a sea of water. At each of the
four corners there is a cord hanging down from the sky. The sky is of
solid rock. When the world grows old and worn out, the cords will
break, and then the earth will sink down into the ocean. Everything
will be water again. All the people will be dead. The Indians are much
afraid of this.

In the long time ago, when everything was all water, all the animals
lived up above in Galun'lati, beyond the stone arch that made the sky.
But it was very much crowded. All the animals wanted more room. The
animals began to wonder what was below the water and at last Beaver's
grandchild, little Water Beetle, offered to go and find out. Water
Beetle darted in every direction over the surface of the water, but it
could find no place to rest. There was no land at all. Then Water
Beetle dived to the bottom of the water and brought up some soft mud.
This began to grow and to spread out on every side until it became
the island which we call the earth. Afterwards this earth was
fastened to the sky with four cords, but no one remembers who did
this.

At first the earth was flat and soft and wet. The animals were anxious
to get down, and they sent out different birds to see if it was yet
dry, but there was no place to alight; so the birds came back to
Galun'lati. Then at last it seemed to