THE MODOC LIVE NEAR A SACRED REGION BY MOUNT SHASTA WITH A SPRING THAT HARBORED THE TEARS OF LIFE. THEY TOLD CHILDREN OF THIS MOUNTAIN AND A SPRING WHERE DEER WOULD CRY WHEN HUNTERS CAME. THEIR LEGENDS ARE PASSED DOWN. THE CHIEF OF THE SKY GREW TIRED OF HIS HOME IN THE ABOVE WORLD THAT THE AIR WAS ALWAYS BRITTLE WITH WITH AN ICY COLD. THE ICE SKY CHIEF CARVED A HOLE IN THE SKY WITH A STONE AND PUSHED ALL THE SNOW AND ICE DOWN BELOW AND HE MADE A GREAT MOUND THAT FROM THE EARTH TO THE SKY. IT IS MT. SHASTA!
THE EUROPEANS CAME DOWN TO EXPLORE THIS REGION AND AGREED THAT IT WAS BLESSED. THE VARIOUS SETTINGS OF THE YUKI, AND OTHER NATIVES OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BELIEVED THEIR CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING AS A GIFT. THEN THE CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING - PLANTS, TREES, AND ALL OF NATURE. THE YUROK FISHERMEN PRAYED FOR SALMON FROM THE PACIFIC TO LAY THEIR EGGS UPSTREAM. CLEAR LAKE HAD ABUNDANT WATER FOWL. THESE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO NEARBY TRIBES.
V. ALEXANDRIA
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