{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow42.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow42.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow42.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nThe Northern Mewuk say:\nHe-le'-jah the Cougar is a hunter. He hunts O-woo'-yah the Deer. He crawls toward it like a cat, without making any noise; and when near enough makes a big leap and catches it, or knocks it down with his long tail. When he has killed the\n[paragraph continues] Deer he throws his long tail around it, and packs it off on his back.","title":"The Dawn of the World: Beliefs Concerning Animals: How <i...","type":"page"}