_Mescalero reservation_, Chiricahua sent to, 9 _See_ BOSQUE REDONDO _Mescaleros_ confined at Bosque Redondo, 83 depredations by, 83 flee from reservation, 9 Jicarilla name for, 135 plan to place Arizona Apache with, 7 population of the, 131 _Mesquite pods_ eaten by Apache, 19 _Messiah craze_ among Apache, 10, 38, 42-46 Apache houses affected by, 131 basketry designs affected by, 20-21 _Metal-work_ of the Navaho, 76-77 _Mexican_ captives enslaved by Navaho, 82 coins used in Navaho silver-work, 77 _Migration_, traditional, of the Jicarillas, 62 _Miles_, Gen. N. A., subdues Apache, 10 _Milky Way_ in Apache myth, 34, 134 in Navaho myth, 93 _Miracle performers_ of Apache myth, 32 of Jicarilla myth, 62-68 of Navaho myth, 98 _Miraculous personages_ of Apache myth, 133 of Jicarilla myth, 135 of Navaho myth, 138 _See_ GODS _Moccasins_, cross and crescent on, 42 _See_ CLOTHING _Modesty_ of Apache women, 16 _Mohave_, Jicarilla name for, 135 Navaho name for, 138 _See_ APACHE-MOHAVE _Monsters_ in Apache mythology, 32 in Jicarilla mythology, 63-68, 135 in Navaho mythology, 89, 90, 138 _See_ GIANTS; WATER MONSTERS _Months_, names of, 141 _Moon_, creation of, in Apache myth, 30, 31 creation of, in Navaho myth, 92 _Moon God._ _See_ KLĔGANAÁI; KLĔHONAÁI; KLĔNAÁI _Moons_, names of, 141 _Mortars_ in Navaho myth, 103 _Mortuary customs_ of the Apache, 133 of the Jicarillas, 55, 135 of the Navaho, 80, 138 _Moss agate_ in Navaho mythology, 92 _Mother-in-law_, taboo of, among Navaho, 126 _Mountain Chant_ of the Navaho, 78, 79 _Mountain lion_, in Jicarilla myth, 64 in Navaho myth, 97 skin of, used in maternity belt, 39 _Mountain Lion People_ of the Navaho, 84, 87, 90 _Mountain sheep_ in Navaho myth, 113-114 _Mountains_, mythic creation of, 28, 90-91 sacred, in Navaho myth, 84, 88, 90-91, 93, 94, 98 _Mourning_ by the Jicarillas, 55-56, 135 _See_ MORTUARY CUSTOMS _Muhr_, A. F., acknowledgments to, xx _Mummies_ in cliff-ruins, 74-75 _Murder_ among the Apache, 45 _Musical instruments_ of the Jicarillas, 56-57 _See_ DRUMS; FLUTES; RATTLES _Myers_, W. E., acknowledgments to, xx _Mythology_, Apache, basket designs and, 21 of the Apache, 23-35 of the Jicarillas, 56-57, 60-69 of the Navaho, 83-106 _See_ CEREMONIES; GENESIS; RELIGION _Nabakéltĭ_, Apache medicine-man, 10-12 _Nacholécho._ _See_ TARANTULA _Names_ adopted by Apache, 42 native, of Indian tribes, 134, 135, 138 of dead tabooed, 34 of the moons or months, 141 _Nané_, conference with, 7 raids by Apache under, 9 _Nasté̆lh_ in Apache myth, 31 _Natói Hatál._ _See_ SHOOTING CHANT _Natural phenomena_, terms for, 142 _Navaho_, account of the, 71-127 and Apache paintings compared, 41 and Apache relationship, 3 and Jicarilla ceremony compared, 53, 54, 56 Apache name for, 134 character of ceremonies of, 4 character of the, xx hair-dress of the, 134 Jicarilla name for, 135 origin of the, 3 trade of Jicarillas with, 135 tribal summary of the, 136 vocabulary of the, 139-144