[Illustration: The Pool - Apache] The Pool - Apache _From Copyright Photograph 1906 by E.S. Curtis_ The North American Indian Being A Series Of Volumes Picturing And Describing The Indians Of The United States And Alaska Written, Illustrated, And Published By Edward S. Curtis Edited By Frederick Webb Hodge Foreword By Theodore Roosevelt Field Research Conducted Under The Patronage Of J. Pierpont Morgan In Twenty Volumes This, The First Volume, Published In The Year Nineteen Hundred And Seven JOHNSON REPRINT CORPORATION 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003 JOHNSON REPRINT COMPANY LTD. Berkeley Square House, London, W1X6BA Copyright 1907, by Edward S. Curtis _Landmarks in Anthropology_, a series of reprints in cultural anthropology _General Editor:_ Weston La Barre First reprinting 1970, Johnson Reprint Corporation CONTENTS 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 DANCE OF THE GODS THE JICARILLAS HOME AND GENERAL CUSTOMS MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH MIRACLE PERFORMERS ORIGIN OF FIRE THE NAVAHO HOME LIFE, ARTS, AND BELIEFS HISTORY MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH MIRACLE PERFORMERS LEGEND OF THE HAPPINESS CHANT LEGEND OF THE NIGHT CHANT CEREMONIES—THE NIGHT CHANT MATURITY CEREMONY MARRIAGE APPENDIX TRIBAL SUMMARY - THE APACHE THE JICARILLAS THE NAVAHO SOUTHERN ATHAPASCAN COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY INDEX ALPHABET USED IN RECORDING INDIAN TERMS [The consonants are as in English, except when otherwise noted] a as in father ă as in cat â as _aw_ in awl ai as in aisle e as _ey_ in they ĕ as in net i as in machine ĭ as in sit o as in old ŏ as in not ô as _ow_in how oi as in oil u as in ruin ŭ as in nut ü as in German hütte ụ as in push h always aspirated q as _qu_ in quick th as in thaw w as in wild y as in year ch as in church sh as in shall, sash n nasal, as in French dans zh as _z_ in azure ’ a pause ILLUSTRATIONS