There were birds, however, who held
a council to decide if it might be
best to have all land or all water.

"Let us have land, so we can have
more food," said some of the birds.
Others said, "Let's have all water,
because we like it this way."

Subsequently, they appointed Eagle as
their Chief who was to decide one way
or the other. Eagle decided upon land
and asked, "Who will go and search for
land?"

Dove volunteered first and flew away.
In four days he completed his hunt and
returned, reporting, "I could not
find land anywhere."

Crawfish came swimming along and was
asked by the council to help search
for land. He disappeared under the
water for four days. When he arose to
the surface again, he held some dirt
in his claws. He had found some land
deep in the water.

Crawfish made a ball of the dirt and
handed it to Chief Eagle, who then
flew away with it. Four days later he
returned and said to the council,
"Now there is land, an island has
been formed-- follow me!"

The whole bird colony flew after Eagle
to see the new land, though it was a
very small island. Gradually, the land
began to grow larger and larger as the
water became lower and lower. More
islands appeared and these grew
together, creating larger islands
into one earth.