Early on in This World, some extra-
ordinary humans and animals came down
to visit from Upper World. Later, they
returned to their previous world, where
they felt more comfortable. Mankind of
This World in time learned to resolve
frictions and to maintain some order
between themselves and the other two
worlds. They became mostly villagers
and agriculturists with more permanent
tribal homes, since they were not
nomadic by nature.

Their tribes enlarged and prospered
as hunters, fishermen, builders, and
skilled craftsmen, including the
women's abilities in weaving, basketry,
and herbal medicines; the latter
maintaining the good health of their
people.

In the beginning, water covered
everything. Wind asked, "Who will make
the land? Who will make the land
appear?"

Lock-chew, the Crawfish, said, "I
will make the land appear."

So he went down to the bottom of the
water and began to stir up the mud
with his tail and his claws. He brought
up some mud to a certain place and
piled it up until it made a mound.

The owners of the land at the bottom
of the water said, "Who is disturbing
our land?" They kept careful watch
and discovered it was Crawfish.
When they started toward him, Crawfish
stirred up the mud so much with his
tail that they could not see him.

Lock-chew continued to pile up mud,
until it came out on top of the
surface of the great water. This is
how land first appeared. It was so
soft that Wind said, "Who will spread
the land to make it dry and hard?"

Hawk and Buzzard appeared. Because
Buzzard's wings were larger, he tried
first. He flew, fanning the soft earth
and spreading it all about. When he
flapped his wings, hills and valleys
were formed.

"Who will make the light?" Wind asked.
It was very dark.

Yo-hah, the Star, said, "I will make
light." It was agreed. The Star shone
forth, but its light only remained
close to the Star.

"Who will make more light?" Wind asked.

Shar-pah, the Moon, said, "I will make
enough light for all my children and I
will shine forever." But the world was
still too dark.

T-cho, the Sun, said, "Leave it to me
to make enough light for everyone
everywhere." Sun went to the East and
suddenly enough light was everywhere.
As Sun traveled over the earth, a drop
of blood fell from the sky to the ground.
From this spot sprang the first people,
the children of the Sun they were
called, the Yu-chis.

The Yu-chis wished to find their
medicine since a large monster had
destroyed some of their people. The
Yu-chis cut off its head, but the
next day its head and body were
together again. They killed the monster
a second time. Again, its head grew
back on its body.

A third time, they cut off its head.
They placed the head on top of a tall
tree, so the body could not reach the
head. The next morning, the tree was
dead and the head had rejoined the
monster's body. They killed it once
more, putting its head at the top of
a cedar tree. The next morning the
cedar tree was still alive, but
covered with blood from the head. The
monster remained dead.

This is how the Yu-chis found their
great medicine, the Cedar Tree.

Fire was soon discovered by boring a
stick into some hard, dry weeds.

The Yu-chis selected a second medicine,
as each one made a picture of the
Sun upon their door.

In the beginning, all of the animals
could talk with one another. All
animals and people were at peace.

The deer lived in a cave watched
over by a Yu-chis keeper. When the
Yu-chis became hungry, the keeper
selected a deer and killed it for
their food.

Finally, all of the deer were set free
with the other animals, and a name
was given to every animal upon the
earth.