- Dieguenos Literature Though Mission Indians were converted long ago, those teachings were not evident in the continuance of their early folklore, passed down from generation to generation. Cinon Duro, the last of long-ago chiefs of the Dieguenos, related their traditions of in the following legends in the late 1890s. Stories/Legends Fiesta Tu-Chai-Pai Fly at the Council Impiety of Frog Story of ...www.indians.org/welker/diguenos.htm