How The Pacific Ocean Came To Be

Long ago, there was a boy named Al'óoni (Hunter). He was named such because of his amazing hunting skills. One day, he was hunting with his father, Gooch (Wolf). As always they were having a very successful hunt, when suddenly a group of men from an enemy tribe jumped out from behind some trees, grabbed the boy, and ran away. The father tried to shoot the men with his bow and arrows, but all of the arrows struck trees. He ran back to the village and told the chief of the tribe. The chief was very upset  about this because the boy was a great contribution to the people. So, the chief consulted Raven for advice.  When Raven heard the news he, too was upset, because the boy was destined to become chief. He told the chief to send a messenger to the enemy tribe to warn them that if they didn't release Al'óoni there would be great danger. But, the enemy dismissed this message as a trap to get them to release the boy. So Raven sent a great downpour of water over the enemy village. All the people drowned, as they hadn't prepared for this to happen. Now, Raven let the boy stay afloat. When Al'óoni saw a log floating on the water, he swam towards it and grabbed on. Then Raven sent the wind to blow the boy back to the village. To celebrate the return of Al'óoni, the people had a great pot latch in the village.

                                                      A bow and arrow illustration from Google Images