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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

7

KEY TO SOUNDS

10

MYTHS

12

1. THE EMERGENCE

12

Translation

193

2. THE FIRST WAR

15

Translation

194

3. THE CULTURE HEROES AND OWL

18

Translation

196

4. THE KILLING OF THE MONSTERS

21

Translation

197

5. NAIYENESGANI RESCUES THE TAOS INDIANS

27

Translation

200

6. THE MONSTER FISH

31

Translation

201

7. THE MONSTER FISH (Second Version)

32

Translation

202

8. NAIYENESGANI REMOVES CERTAIN DANGERS

33

Translation

202

9. THE KILLING OF THE BEAR

35

Translation

203

10. THE TRAVELING ROCK

36

Translation

204

11. THE ORIGIN OF SHEEP AND CATTLE

38

Translation

205

12. NAIYENESGANI TAKES HIS LEAVE

39

Translation

205

13. NAIYENESGANI TAKES HIS LEAVE (SECOND VERSION)

42

Translation

206

14. THE WINNING OF DAYLIGHT

44

Translation

207

15. COYOTE SECURES FIRE

46

Translation

208

16. COYOTE SECURES FIRE (Second Version)

48

Translation

209

17. THE SWALLOWING MONSTER

50

Translation

209

18. THE MAN WHO HELPED THE EAGLES

53

Translation

210

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19. THE BEAR-MAN

56

Translation

212

20, RELEASING THE BUFFALO

57

Translation

212

21. RELEASING THE BUFFALO (Second Version)

60

Translation

214

22. THE ORIGIN OF CORN AND DEER

61

Translation

214

23. THE ORIGIN OF CORN AND DEER (Second Version)

71

Translation

218

24. THE SUPERNATURAL PERSON IN THE LAKE

76

Translation

220

25. THE MAN WHO TRAVELED WITH THE BUFFALO

79

Translation

221

TALES

83

26. COYOTE STEALS A MAN'S WIFE

83

Translation

224

27. COYOTE TAKES ARROWS FROM OWL

85

Translation

225

28. ANTELOPES TAKE ARROWS FROM COYOTE

86

Translation

225

29. ANTELOPES TAKE ARROWS FROM COYOTE (Second Version)

88

Translation

226

30. COYOTE TRI ES TO MAKE HIS CHILDREN SPOTTED

91

Translation

227

31. COYOTE KILLS HIS OWN CHILD INSTEAD OF THE TURKEYS

92

Translation

228

32. COYOTE AND PORCUPINE CONTEND FOR A BUFFALO

93

Translation

228

33. COYOTE, LOSES HIS EYES

95

Translation

229

34. COYOTE KILLS THE PRAIRIE DOGS

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Translation

230

35. COYOTE IS REVENGED ON WILDCAT

98

Translation

230

36. COYOTE AND BEAVER PLAY TRICKS ON EACH OTHER

98

Translation

231

37. COYOTE APES HIS HOSTS

99

Translation

231

38. COYOTE IS DISOBEYED BY TURKEY

103

Translation

233

39. COYOTE IS SHOT WITH A PINE TREE

104

Translation

233

40. COYOTE INSULTS THE ROCK

105

Translation

234

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41. COYOTE MARRIES UNDER FALSE PRETENCES

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Translation

234

42. MOSQUITO MARRIES UNDER FALSE PRETENCES

106

Translation

235

43. COYOTE DECEIVES A WOMAN

107

Translation

235

44. COYOTE AND THE MEXICANS

108

Translation

235

45. HOW MOLE WON THE RACE

110

Translation

236

46. FROG WINS FROM ANTELOPE IN A FOOTRACE

111

Translation

237

47. WHEN THE BIRDS WERE CHIEFS

112

Translation

237

48. WOODPECKER DESCRIBES HIMSELF

113

Translation

237

49. FLICKER DESCRIBES HIMSELF

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Translation

238

50. LEWIS WOODPECKER DESCRIBES HIMSELF

115

Translation

238

51. OWL DESCRIBES HIMSELF

116

Translation

238

52. PANTHER, THE GREAT HUNTER

117

Translation

239

53. THE GOVERNOR, OLD WOMAN WHITE HANDS

119

Translation

239

TRADITIONS AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

125

54. THE WAR WITH THE AMERICANS

125

Translation

242

55. THE HORSES OF THE APACHE ARE STOLEN BY THE NAVAJO

128

Translation

243

56. A FIGHT WITH THE ENEMY ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER

133

Translation

245

57. A DUEL BETWEEN SCOUTS

137

Translation

247

58. A CAPTIVE WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO MAKE PEACE

139

Translation

248

59. THE HORSES OF THE OLLERO ARE STOLEN

141.

Translation

249

60. AN EXPEDITION TO THE ADOBE WALLS WITH KIT CARSON

144

Translation

250

61. AN UNSUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION LED BY MAXWELL

145

Translation

250

62. THE APACHE MEET A TEXAN

148

Translation

251

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63. A UTE IS SAVED BY HIS WAR-MEDICINE

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Translation

253

64. PESITA IS SHOT

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Translation

253

65. THE ARROWS FAIL ON THE HUNT

154

Translation

254

66. A SUCCESSFUL HUNT

156

Translation

255

67. HUNTING ELK

158

Translation

256

68. A DEER HUNT

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Translation

257

69. DEER HUNTING IN THE MESCALERO COUNTRY

164

Translation

258

70. THE MESCALERO BEG FOR MEAT

168

Translation

260

INFORMATION CONCERNING INDUSTRIES AND CEREMONIES

170

71. THE SINEW-BACKED BOW

170

Translation

261

72. MAKING THE TIPI

171

Translation

261

73. METHODS OF COOKING CORN

172

Translation

262

74. THE MAKING OF TISWIN

174

Translation

263

75. ORIGIN OF THE MEDICINE CEREMONY

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Translation

263

76. MAGIC AT A MEDICINE CEREMONY

178

Translation

264

77. THE TCACTCINI

180

Translation

265

78. THE MEDICINE CEREMONY

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Translation

266

79. THE MEDICINE CEREMONY (Second Description)

183

Translation

266

80. THE ADOLESCENCE CEREMONY

184

Translation

266

81 OBSERVANCES IN BUTCHERING BUFFALO

188

Translation

268

82. CEREMONY FOR BUFFALO

189

Translation

269

83. PRAYER FOR BUFFALO

190

Translation

269

84. NOTE ON KILLING EAGLES

190

Translation

269

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85. CEREMONY FOR AN INFANT

190

Translation

269

86. AVOIDANCE OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW

191

Translation

270

87. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD

191

Translation

270

TRANSLATIONS

193

BIBLIOGRAPHY

271

INDEX

273

 


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