The North American Indian, Vol. 1

GENERAL INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME ONE THE APACHE HISTORICAL SKETCH HOMELAND AND LIFE MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH MEDICINE AND MEDICINE-MEN THE MESSIAH CRAZE PUBERTY RITE...

The beautiful genesis myth of the Apache is complete; it does not reflect an incipient primitive culture, but one developed by age. The mythology and ceremonial of the Navaho ex...

Many plants furnish small seeds rich in nutriment. These are gathered in a basket, ground on a metate, and the oily mass formed into a ball with the hands. The Apache assert tha...

The four sat upon that still cloud for a time as if in reverie, the first to break the silence being he who commenced the creation: "What shall we do next? I do not like this cl...

Many of the medicine-men have some knowledge of the medicinal properties of plants and generally make use of them in the treatment of disease, but their treatment consists more...

When the dancing is finished the sponsor takes a basket of corn prepared for ceremonial use and deposits it fifty yards or more to the east of the circle. The girl arises and ru...

With two long poles and four buffalo horns, which then were straight, the people made a ladder, which, when placed on the mountain top, reached the sky. One of the four Great Wh...

The handicraft of the Navaho is seen at its best in their blanketry, which is one of the most important industries of any Indians within our domain. The greater portion of the w...

One day, led by their eight brave chiefs, all the men went off on a hunt. It occurred to the head-chief when they had been gone but a short time that the women should have been...

Although all the people then on earth were of the Digi{~COMBINING BREVE~}n, only a few had god-like powers, particularly First Man, First Woman, Yolkai Estsan, and the Winds. Th...

In the days following, Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani and Tobadzischi{~COMBINING BREVE~}ni made incursions into the lands of the alien gods, killing them all and freeing the ear...

A description of the ritual and form of the Yebichai ceremony,--Kleje Hatal, or Night Chant,--covering its nine days of performance, will give a comprehensive idea of all Navaho...

The Navaho marriage ceremony is always held at the home of the girl. When a young man wishes to marry the maid of his choice, he makes his desire known to his parents, when the...

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION--The government of the Navaho is rather loose; indeed, inasmuch as they have no head-chief strictly such, it may be said that they have no _tribal_ govern...

TREES _English_ _Apache_ _Jicarilla_ _Navaho_ cedar ga-il-li kalh-te gad cottonwood t'is tu-as t'is juniper dil-tut-hle-chi gad naz-si oak chi-chi{~COMBINING BREVE~}l shun-chi-l...

_Medicine-men_ and ceremonies, 133 communicate with gods, 32 employment of, in puberty rites, 46, 125 marriage ceremony conducted by, 138 Navaho, functions of, 79-80 of the Apac...

2 This medicine skin was owned by Hashke Ni{~COMBINING BREVE~}lnte and was considered one of the most potent belonging to any of the medicine-men. During the lifetime of Hashke...