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


THE RAINBOW

The Northern Mewuk say:

Ku-yet'-tah the Rainbow comes to tell the people a baby is born. When anyone sees Ku-yet'-tah he knows that somewhere a new baby has come. Everybody knows that.

The Hookooeko of Nicasio and Tomales Bay say:

Kah-chah the Rainbow is the bow of O'-ye the Coyote-man.


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