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
_Cardinal points_ and Apache prayer, 133
color symbolism of, 60, 61, 64, 66, 84, 87, 90-92, 103, 115, 118
considered in dance circle, 48
in Apache ceremony, 41
in wedding ceremony, 126, 127
prescribed order of, in Night Chant, 118
represented by gods, 48
terms for, 140
_See_ ORIENTATION
_Carleton_, Gen. J. H., in Apache campaign, 7
Navaho subdued by, 83
_Carrizo_, stream in Apache-land, 11
_Carson_, Col. Kit, Navaho defeated by, 83
_Cassari_, conference with, 7
_Catamenia_, mythic significance of, 30
_Cedar_, use of, in dance, 48, 49
used in effacing footprints, 80-81
_Ceremonies_, Apache, summary of, 133
of the Jicarillas, 135
of the Navaho, 4, 77-79, 116-127, 136, 138
puberty, of Apache, 46, 133
_See_ DANCE; MARRIAGE; PUBERTY CEREMONY
_Chalhké̆lh Nalí̆n._ _See_ NIGHT GIRL
_Cha__n__zhní̆_, Jicarilla clowns, 59
_Chato_, raids by Apache under, 9
_Chĕhonaái_, the Sun of Navaho myth, 92, 95, 97
_See_ CHUGANAÁI; CHUNNAÁI; SUN
_Chiefs_ among the Jicarillas, 55
among the Navaho, 81, 136
of the Apache, 132
of the Jicarillas, 135
_Chihuahua_, Apache raids into, 14
scalp bounty offered by, 6
_Childbirth_, gods invoked at, 34
medicine-men participate at, 38
_Children_, Apache affection toward, 14
Apache, disposal of bodies of, 134
Apache, early training of, 17
participate in puberty rite, 46-47, 124-125
_Chiricahua Apache_ at Fort Sill, 131
clans of the, 133
descent among the, 22, 132
flee to New Mexico in 1876, 9
Navaho name for, 138
raids by, 9, 10
tribal name of, 134
_Chóĭli_, sacred mountain of the Navaho, 91, 94, 96, 98
_Chuganaái_, Apache Sun God, 24-27, 29-31, 38, 43, 133
_See_ CHĔHONAÁI; CHUNNAÁI; SUN
_Chunnaái_, Jicarilla Sun God, 60-68, 135
_Cibicu fight_ in 1882, 10-12
_Civilization_, effect of, on Indians, 22
_Clan system_ of Indians, 21
_Clans_ absent among Jicarillas, 54, 135
of the Apache, 22-23, 132
of the Navaho, 97-98, 136-137
_Cliff-dwellers_ in Navaho clans, 137
in Navaho mythology, 95, 97, 106-107, 137
mummies of, 74-75
_Clothing_ decorated with cross and crescent, 42
deposited with the dead, 134
of flint in Jicarilla myth, 63
of godly personators, 48
of the Apache, 131
of the Jicarillas, 54, 134
of the Navaho, 136
of turquoise in Jicarilla myth, 63
_See_ CAPS; COSTUME; HAIR-DRESSING
_Clouds_, Apache god of, 35
in Apache mythology, 24, 26-30, 33
in Navaho mythology, 94, 103, 104
symbolized on maternity belt, 40
symbolized on medicine cap, 40
_See_ BLACK CLOUD
_Clown_, Gaŭnĕskí̆dĕ functions as, 84
in Navaho ceremony, 120-121
of the Jicarillas, 59
_Cochiti_, Navaho name for, 138
_Colorado river_, mythic creation of, 90
_Colors_, Athapascan terms for, 140
directional, of the Apache, 25-27, 60, 84
directional, of the Jicarillas, 60, 61, 64, 66
directional, of the Navaho, 84, 87, 90-92, 103, 115, 118
_Comanche_, Jicarilla name for, 135
Navaho name for, 138
_Contests_ of skill in Navaho myth, 107-108
_Cooking_ of mescal by Apache, 17-18
_See_ FOOD
_Copper Mines_, conference with Apache at, 7
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