THE GREAT GRIZZLY BEAR. 97

They, aS in the Biblical account of the
creation of all things, claim to have found
the woods, wild beasts, birds and all things
waiting for them, as did Adam and Eve.

The Indians say the Great Spirit made
this mountain first of all. Can you not see
how it is? they say. He first pushed down
snow and ice from the skies through a hole
which he made in the blue heavens by turn-
ing a stone round and round, till he made
this great mountain; then he stepped out
of the clouds onto the mountain-top, and
descended and planted the trees all around .
by putting his finger on the ground. The
sun melted the snow, and the water ran
down and nurtured the trees and made the
rivers. After that he made the fish for the
rivers out of the small end of his staff. He
made the birds by blowing some leaves,
which he took up from the ground, among
_ the trees. After that he made the beasts
out of the remainder of his stick, but made
the grizzly bear out of the big end, and
made him master over all the others. He