stitution for the illustrations
accredited to them, to the Carnegie Institution of Washington for
illustrations from the Desert Botanical Laboratory at Tucson, Arizona,
and to Mr. Ferdinard Ellerman of the Mount Wilson Observatory and to
others.

K. B. J.

Department of History,

University of Washington.

Table of Contents

The Beginning of Newness--Zuni (New Mexico)
The Men of the Early Times--Zuni (New Mexico)
Creation and Longevity--Achomawi (Pit River, Cal.)
Old Moles Creation--Shastika (Cal.)
The Creation of the World--Pima (Arizona)
Spider's Creation--Sia (New Mexico)
The Gods and the Six Regions
How Old Man Above Created the World--Shastika (Cal.)
The Search for the Middle and the Hardening of the World--Zuni (New
Mexico)
Origin of Light--Gallinomero (Russian River, Cal.)
Pokoh, the Old Man--Pai Ute (near Kern River, Cal.)
Thunder and Lightning--Maidu (near Sacramento Valley. Cal.)
Creation of Man--Miwok (San Joaquin Valley, Cal.)
The First Man and Woman--Nishinam (near Bear River, Cal.)
Old Man Above and the Grizzlies--Shastika (Cal.)
The Creation of Man-kind and the Flood--Pima (Arizona)
The Birds and the Flood--Pima (Arizona)
Legend of the Flood--Ashochimi (Coast Indians, Cal.)
The Great Flood--Sia (New Mexico)
The Flood and the Theft of Fire--Tolowa (Del Norte Co., Cal.)
Legend of the Flood in Sacramento Maidu Valley--(near Sacramento, Cal.)
The Fable of the Animals--Karok (near Klamath River, Cal.)
Coyote and Sun--Pai Ute (near Kern River, Cal.)
The Course of the Sun--Sia (New Mexico)
The Foxes and the Sun--Yurok (near Klamath River, Cal.)
The Theft of Fire--Karok (near Klamath River, Cal.)
The Theft of Fire--Sia (New Mexico)
The Earth-hardening after the Flood--Sia (New Mexico)
The Origins of the Totems and of Names--Zuni (New Mexico)
Traditions of Wanderings--Hopi (Arizona)
The Migration of the Water People--Walpi (Arizona)
Coyote and the Mesquite Beans--Pima (Arizona)
Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range--Yokuts (near Fresno,
Cal.)
Yosemite Valley and its Indian Names
Legend of Tu-tok-a-nu'-la (El Capitan)--Yosemite Valley
Legend of Tis-se'-yak (South Dome and North Dome) Yosemite Valley
Historic Tradition of the Upper Tuolumne--Yosemite Valley
California Big Trees--Pai Ute (near Kern River, Cal.)
The Children of Cloud--Pima (Arizona)
The Cloud People--Sia (New Mexico)