Jeremiah Curtin recorded these myths from the Modoc people of the Lost River and Klamath Lake country of Oregon and California. They tell of Kumush the creator and his daughter, how fire was stolen and how sickness and old age came into the world, and the deeds of heroes such as Látkakáwas, with an introduction on the Modocs and their homeland.
An important early record of a Native Californian and Oregon mythology, gathered in the field. Download the free EPUB.