{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow64.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow64.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow64.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nThe Tuolumne Mewuk say:\nIn the beginning all noise came from water--running water. [Their word for shouting is Wah-kah-lah'-loo, derived from Wah-kah'-loo, river.]\nThe Northern Mewuk also say:\nAll noise came in the beginning from running water; the echo originally came from rapids or boisterous water.\nOther tribes say:\nSinging came from running water--the first song was sung by the creek.","title":"The Dawn of the World: Beliefs Concerning Natural Phenomena: Noise","type":"page"}