Cherokee Creation Story
In the beginning there was just water. All of the animals lived above the water in the sky. The sky was becoming crowded with the animals living on it. The animals became curious as to what was underneath them in the water and the water beetle went to find out. He went around everywhere but could not find ground so he went under the water where he found nothing but mud. The mud began to grow rapidly and spread over the water to create the earth that we know today.
The earth was too wet for the animals to live on so they sent the buzzard to the earth. As he was flying to earth he became tired and his wings hit the ground. Every time his wings hit a mountain or valley would form. The animals then put the sun up because they thought earth to be to dark. Then the animals could admire and live on the earth that they had created together.