{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow06.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow06.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow06.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nThe Mewuk tribes, those inhabiting the western slopes and foothills of the Sierra, call the ancient myths oo'-ten-ne or oot'-ne, meaning the history of the FIRST PEOPLE. (The Northern Mewuk say oo'-ten nas'-se-sa.) In this connection it may be significant that the name of Bower Cave, the home of Too'-le and He-le'-jah, two great chiefs of the FIRST PEOPLE, is Oo'-tin.","title":"The Dawn of the World: Part I: Ancient Myths: Stories of ...","type":"page"}