Chief of the sky pierced a hole in the sky and shoved the snow and ice through it, that is how there are such high mountains that meet the sky. (Mount shasta)
When he was about halfway to the valley below, he began to put his finger to theground here and there, here and there. Wherever his finger touched, a tree grew.Snow melted in his footsteps and rivers were flowing.
The sky spirit broke off pieces of sticks and threw them into the river; which turned into otters, beavers, and fish. He blew on fallen leaves from trees and made birds. He made all the living animals this way, the biggest being grizzly bears.