E. M. Loeb[108] gives several Pomo songs which are associated with the Kuksu or ghost ceremony:
1. He yo he yo he yo
He yoha eheya ye
To ya he yo ho ho
2. Tali, tali, yo yo weya yo, weya yo, ha hi he ya he hotsaii ya hi ho.
3. He ha le me, le lu hi ma humane, hu ...
Other Pomo songs used in ceremonies are given by Loeb:[109]
1. Ū ū hulai leli ha ha.
2. He he la le ha hi hi hi, ya ya ya, hu wa!
3. Yo yo hale e he na gagoyá ō he he!
4. Ho yu ko, he he, a ha a a. Hi ye ko, lai ye ko, He tsi ye.
5. Yo ho yo ho yaho, he yo ho waha.
These examples show how generally similar are the Coast Miwok[110] and Pomo ceremonial songs of today to the song of 1579 given by Madox. Here again an exact correspondence should not be expected, since it is not known whether the song given by Madox was one associated with a particular ceremonial occurrence, nor is it known how changeable these songs are. And again, in the time that has passed and in the changing course of circumstances since 1579, some exactness has almost inevitably been sacrificed. Madox's statement that the natives sang "one dauncing first wh his handes up, and al ye rest after lyke ye prest and people" verifies Fletcher's description of the singing and dancing at the time of the great ceremony of June 26.
[Supposed Indian Traditions of Drake's Visit]
Professor George Davidson was the second investigator to use an Indian tradition as evidence of the Drake's Bay location of the 1579 visit.[111] The source of the tradition is in J. P. Munro-Fraser's History of Marin County,[112] and is stated as follows:
First of all comes an old Indian legend which comes down through the Nicasios to the effect that Drake did land at this place [Drake's Bay]. Although they have been an interior tribe ever since the occupation by the Spaniards and doubtless were at that time, it still stands to reason that they would know all about the matter. If the ship remained in the bay thirty-six days it is reasonable to suppose that a knowledge of its presence reached every tribe within an area of one hundred miles and that the major portion of them paid a visit to the bay to see the "envoys of the Great Spirit," as they regarded the white seamen. One of these Indians named Theognis who is reputed to have been one hundred and thirty years old when he made the statement, says that Drake presented the Indians with a dog, some young pigs, and seeds of several species of grain.... The Indians also state that some of Drake's men deserted him here, and, making their way into the country, became amalgamated with the aboriginals to such an extent that all traces of them were lost, except possibly a few names [Nicasio, Novato] which are to be found among the Indians.