{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow61.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow61.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow61.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nThe Northern Mewuk near South Fork Cosumnes River say:\nTim'-mel-le the Thunder is, or is like, Ti'-e-te the Valley Bluejay. He lives down below [west] in the San Joaquin Valley, where the clouds are. Sometimes he becomes angry and makes a great rumbling noise; this noise is Tim'-mel-le the Thunder. 28\n223:28 For additional beliefs about Thunder, see First People stories, pages 173-178; 199.","title":"The Dawn of the World: Beliefs Concerning Natural Phenome...","type":"page"}