their creation stories involves a god, kruktat, who created the people. after falling ill, kruktat journeyed to the mountains where he lay dying in a bear cave. tended by the first people, he was taken to maktsuk, today called pan hot springs, where be was bathed by human caretakers. knowing he was dying, kruktat instructed the people to cremate him and protect his body from coyote, who eats dead things. kruktat died near present day baldwin lake.