How <i>He-le'-jah</i> the Cougar Hunts Deer

The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910], at sacred-texts.com

HOW HE-LE'-JAH THE COUGAR HUNTS DEER

The Northern Mewuk say:

He-le'-jah the Cougar is a hunter. He hunts O-woo'-yah the Deer. He crawls toward it like a cat, without making any noise; and when near enough makes a big leap and catches it, or knocks it down with his long tail. When he has killed the

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[paragraph continues] Deer he throws his long tail around it, and packs it off on his back.