"RUMSIEN COSTANOAN. THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD.[1] When this world was finished, the eagle, the humming-bird, and Coyote were standing on the top of Pico Blanco. When the water rose to their feet, the eagle, carrying the humming-bird and Coyote, flew to the Sierra de Gabilan. There they stood until the water went down. Then the eagle sent Coyote down the mountain to see if the world were dry. Coyote came back and said: "The whole world is dry." The eagle said to him: "Go and look in the river. See what there is there." Coyote came back and said: "There is a beautiful girl." The eagle said: "She will be your wife in order that people may be raised again." He gave Coyote a digging implement of abalone shell and a digging stick."
From: INDIAN MYTHS OF SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. BY A. L. KROEBER.[1907]Ohlone Indians, picture from Bancroft Library
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