Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chawchila -- Visit to land of the dead -- Choynimni -- Girls and big bird -- Chukchansi -- Stealing of the eyes -- Stinkbug -- Dumna -- Bat saw fire -- Origin of the world -- Gashowu -- Woman fools husband -- Tachi -- The Koywiy story -- Wikchamni -- The theft of fire -- Kadadimcha and Chuchankin -- Yawelmani -- Creation of land -- The beginning of the world -- Pursuit of a dead wife -- Visit to the land of the dead -- Mikitti -- The story of Mikitti -- References