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Source: Myths and Tales of the
Southeastern Indians, By John R. Swanton, 1929
The animals held a meeting and No-koos-see (Nokosi), the Bear, presided.
The question was, how to divide day and night.Some desired the day to last
all the time; others wished it all night.
After much talk, Chew-thlock-chew (Tciloktco), the ground squirrel, said:
"I see that Woot-Kew (Wotko), the Coon, has rings on his tail divided
equally, first a dark color then a light color. I think day and night
ought to be divided like the rings on Woot-Kew's tail."
The animals were surprised at the wisdom of Chew-thlock-chew.
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They adopted his plan and divided day and night
like the rings on
Woot-Kew's tail, succeeding each other in regular order.
No-koos-see from envy scratched the back of Chew-thlock-chew and thus
caused the stripes on the back of all his descendants, the ground
squirrels.
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