| INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| ALPHABET | 3 |
| CREATION MYTHS | 5 |
| 1. Arrow Young Men (The Creation of the World) | 5 |
| 2. The Crow (and the Thunder-Bird) | 14 |
| 3. The Ascent to Heaven | 21 |
| 4. The Stealing of Fire and Water | 39 |
| 5. The Origin of Death | 43 |
| 6. The Flood | 45 |
| 7. Origin of the Coos People | 49 |
| 8. The Girls and the Stars | 51 |
| 9. The Fire-Wind | 53 |
| MISCELLANEOUS TALES | 55 |
| 10. The Woman who married the Seal | 55 |
| 11. Spider- Old-Woman | 59 |
| 12. The Giant Woman (First Version) | 71 |
| 13. The Giant Woman (Second Version) | 77 |
| 14. The Giant Women (Third Version) | 83 |
| 15. The Girl and her Pet | 85 |
| 16. The Five Grizzly-Bears | 91 |
| 17. The Five Shadows | 105 |
| 18 Night-Rainbow and Grizzly Bear | 111 |
| 19. The Pelican People | 127 |
| TALES COLLECTED BY HARRY HULL ST. CLAIR | 133 |
| 20. The Battle in the Air | 133 |
| 21. The Long Night | 135 |
| 22. The Underground People | 135 |
| 23. The Country of the Souls | 139 |
| 24. The Revenge of the Sky People | 149 |
| 25. The Woman who married the Merman | 157 |
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| 26. The Woman who married the Wolf | 163 |
| 27. The Woman who married the Dog | 167 |
| 28. The Woman who married the Bear | 171 |
| 29. The Women who married the Beaver | 173 |
| 30. The Woman who became a Bear | 181 |
| 31. Eagle-Woman | 183 |
| 32. The Man who married the Bird | 187 |
| VOCABULARY | 191 |