The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony: Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468Matthews, Washington
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The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony: Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468
Matthews, Washington
Mountainway (Navajo rite); Navajo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
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Introduction 385 {1}
Myth of the origin of dsilyídje qaçàl 387 {9}
Ceremonies of dsilyídje qaçàl 418 {81}
First four days 418 {84}
Fifth day 419 {85}
Sixth day 424 {100}
Seventh day 428 {111}
Eighth day 429 {115}
Ninth day (until sunset) 430 {119}
Last night 431 {124}
First dance (nahikàï) 432 {129}
Second dance (great plumed arrow) 433 {131}
Third dance 435 {133}
Fourth dance 436 {136}
Fifth dance (sun) 437 {138}
Sixth dance (standing arcs) 437 {140}
Seventh dance 438 {141}
Eighth dance (rising sun) 438 {142}
Ninth dance (Hoshkàwn, or _Yucca_) 439 {143}
Tenth dance (bear) 441 {147}
Eleventh dance (fire) 441 {148}
Other dances 443 {151}
The great pictures of dsilyídje qaçàl 444 {154}
First picture (home of the serpents) 446 {160}
Second picture (yays and cultivated plants) 447 {163}
Third picture (long bodies) 450 {172}
Fourth picture (great plumed arrows) 451 {174}
Sacrifices of dsilyídje qaçàl 451 {176}
Original texts and translations of songs, &c. 455 {192}
Songs of sequence 455 {193}
First Song of the First Dancers 456 {198}
First Song of the Mountain Sheep 457 {201}
Sixth Song of the Mountain Sheep 457 {205}
Twelfth Song of the Mountain Sheep 458 {209}
First Song of the Thunder 458 {213}
Twelfth Song of the Thunder 459 {216}
First Song of the Holy Young Men, or Young Men Gods 459 {219}
Sixth Song of the Holy Young Men 460 {223}
Twelfth Song of the Holy Young Men 460 {227}
Eighth Song of the Young Women who Become Bears 461 {231}
One of the Awl Songs 461 {236}
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