{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow54.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow54.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow54.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nThe Southern Mewuk of the Chowchilla region say:\nAfter a person dies his Hoo'-ne or Ghost sets out toward the ocean. On the way it has to cross a broad river on a log. While it is crossing on this log, three birds scream to frighten it--Hek-ek'-ke the Quail, Ha-chah'-we the Barn Owl, and Hah'-jen-nah a small Heron.\nIf the Ghost is frightened and falls into the river it turns into a fish; but if it keeps on and crosses the log it continues westerly over the ocean and goes to the place where all the Ghosts live together, and never comes back.","title":"The Dawn of the World: Beliefs concerning Ghosts and the ...","type":"page"}