The North American Indian, Vol. 1Curtis, Edward S.
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The North American Indian, Vol. 1
Curtis, Edward S.
Indians of North America
BAND I
1. Tse Chin (Red Rocks).
2. Glĕsh Chin (Red Clay).
3. Dĕs Káĭn (Cottonwood People).
4. Nú̆gwŭ Dĭlhkízn (Between Two Mountains).
5. Dĕs Lántin (Where the Cottonwoods Meet).
6. Kai Hin Chin (Through the Willows).
7. Kestéchi Nádakĭn (Ford between Sycamores).
BAND II
1. Klúqa Dĭ Káĭn (Many-reeds People).
2. Ĭl Chĕn Tĭán (Long Row of Pines).
3. Chénche Chichíl Káĭn (Clump-of-oaks People).
4. Tzĭlh Ádĭn (By the Mountain).
5. Yakúĭ Káĭn (White-hill People).
BAND III
1. Ia On Yĕ (In Black Brush).
2. Ta Káĭn (Sand People).
3. Tĕntolzú̆ga (Juts into the Water).
4. Dosh To An (Many Flies).
5. Tse Dĕs Káĭn (White-rock People).
6. Tse Teú̆n (Rocks in the River).
7. Tu Dĭlhkí̆h Shan (By the Black Water).
8. Ke Shĭn Tĭán (Long Row of Sycamores).
BAND IV
1. Ndĕ Ndé̆zn (Tall People).
BAND V
1. Nádotz Ózn (By Sharp Mountains).
2. Pĭs A Hón (Bank Caved In).
_Arivaipa Clans_
1. Glĕsh Chin (Red Clay).
2. Dĕs Zepú̆n (Big Gray Cottonwoods).
3. Tsĕz Zhuné̆ (By the Little Black Rocks).
4. Tse Dĕs Káĭn (White-rock People).
_Chiricahua Clans_
1. Aiahán (People of the East).
2. Ndĕ Ndái (Apache Half Mexican).
3. Cho Kŭné̆ (Ridge on the Mountain-side).
4. Chan Han (Red People).
MARRIAGE—Strictly speaking, barter for women at an agreed price was never
the custom among the Apache,—so the older of the present generation
contend,—personal choice on the part of the girl having always to be
considered. Nevertheless, payment for the bride is always made to her
parents in the form of grain, money, horses, saddles, blankets, or cattle.
The bride’s consent is necessary, custom requiring the young man to prove
his moral strength, and ability to support a wife and himself, by erecting
a neat house and permitting the girl of his choice to occupy it with him
for four nights without being molested or having her presence observed. By
preparing his breakfast the morning following the fourth night the girl
acknowledges her willingness to marry, and the agreement as to the
definite payment her parents shall receive may be made any time later. She
then becomes the man’s wife, though a month may sometimes elapse before
the agreement is sealed and the consequent payment made.
GENESIS—In the unbroken darkness of the beginning of time appeared a small
spot, which grew as embryonic life and became a human figure, known in the
myth as Kútĕrastan, The One Who Lives Above. This creator then made light,
and next Stĕnátlĭhăn, Woman Without Parents. Next he created Chuganaái,
The Sun, and following him Hádĭntĭn Skhĭn, Pollen Boy. The creator next
made the earth, and then the other gods of the Apache pantheon. Following
their creation he instructed the various gods in their respective duties,
and then disappeared into the sky through the smoke from a miraculous
fire.
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