Book excerpt: A short collection of tales and myths of the Achomawi and Atsugewi, who lived in the north-eastern Sierra Nevada of California. Chapters include; Creation Myth (Achomawi); The Making Of Daylight (Achomawi); Hawk-Man (Achomawi); Search For Fire (Achomawi); Loon-Woman (Achomawi); The Lost Brother (Achomawi); Bluejay And Lizard And The Grizzly-Bears (Achomawi); Silver-Fox And Coyote (Achomawi); The Mole And The Sun (Achomawi); Coyote And Cloud (Achomawi); Creation Myth (Atsugewi); Flint-Man, The Search For Fire, And Loon Woman (Atsugewi); Pine-Marten Marries The Bead Sisters; Kangaroo-Rat Races With Coyote And Others; The Buzzard Brothers And Wood-Worm; The House Of Silver-Fox; and, Fish-Hawk And His Daughter.