{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow58.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow58.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow58.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nThe Northern Mewuk say:\nSometimes when passing Too'-cha-mo the stump you hear a noise inside; it is Soo-lek'-ko the Ghost. You had better go right on, for if you stop he might do you harm.\nWhenever you see Poo'-ki-yu the Whirlwind whirling the dust around and around and carrying it up into the air you may know that Soo-lek'-ko the Ghost is inside, dancing and swinging round and round. You had better not go near it but keep away.","title":"The Dawn of the World: Beliefs concerning Ghosts and the Sign of Death: Ghosts Hide in Stumps and Whirlwinds","type":"page"}