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Tales And Beliefs  Posted By Judy On In California,Native
American | No Comments  Future Life   Montakwet was made
guardian of this entrance, and he will never die. When the
spirits of the dead find their way to him, he questions them.
One of the tests he puts to them is the making of many figures
in the game we know as “cat s cradle.” After they pass the tests
he gives them, they try to enter Telmikish. If they have lived
good lives, been generous at all times, thoughtful and
respectful to the old people, and have obeyed all of Mukat s
orders, they pass through the entrance without any trouble. If
they have not done these things, the mountains come together as
they pass through and they are crushed. When this happens, the
spirits become bats, butterflies, rocks, or trees near the
entrance.  The spirits know each other in Telmikish. Often they
gather and decide that they want a certain person with them.
This decision causes that person to die soo