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Regarding C. Hart Merriam's writings "The Dawn of the World, Myths and Wierd Tales Told by the Mewan (Miwok) Indians of California, edited by C. Hart Merrian.
In Frank Latta's Handbook of the Yokuts, C. Hart Merriam later concides to Frank Latta that the Miwok tales were actually Western Yokut or Coastoan legends. These legends were brought to the Miwoks in the late 1800s by a medince man from that area. Gifford also acknowledges this in his writings concerning the dances and myths of the Miwoks.
Temporarily putting some fragments of myths here, from wiki's other pages, for research verification:
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Regarding C. Hart Merriam's writings "The Dawn of the World, Myths and Wierd Tales Told by the Mewan (Miwok) Indians of California, edited by C. Hart Merrian.
In Frank Latta's Handbook of the Yokuts, C. Hart Merriam later concides to Frank Latta that the Miwok tales were actually Western Yokut or Coastoan legends. These legends were brought to the Miwoks in the late 1800s by a medince man from that area. Gifford also acknowledges this in his writings concerning the dances and myths of the Miwoks.
Temporarily putting some fragments of myths here, from wiki's other pages, for research verification: