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The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910], at sacred-texts.com


KI'-KI'-AH THE MOUNTAIN BLUEJAY

The Middle Mewuk of Stanislaus River region say:

Ki'-ki'-ah, the Crested Bluejay of the mountains, plants acorns so that oak trees come up almost everywhere.

[Several other tribes mention the same habit which, by the way, is hardly a myth.]


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