{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow65.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow65.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow65.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nThe Hookooeko of Nicasio and Tomales Bay say:\nPe-t\u0101n'-yah the Lizard with blue sides 29 lives everywhere in the rocks and hills and woods. When he hears a loud noise he talks back. This is Si-yu-k\u0101-i the Echo; it is Pe-t\u0101n'-yah talking back.\nThe Olayome of Putah Creek say:\nLoo-te'-nek'-kah the Echo is Pe-t\u0101'-le the blue-sided Lizard talking back.\nThe Olamentko of Bodega Bay say:\nThe Echo is Sah-kah'-te talking back.\n224:29 The blue-sided lizard meant is Sceloporus occidentalis, a common species in the coast region of California.","title":"The Dawn of the World: Beliefs Concerning Natural Phenomena: The Echo","type":"page"}