_Water bottle_ in Apache myth, 27-28, 30 in marriage ceremony, 126 in Navaho myth, 94 of the Apache, 16, 21, 132 of the Navaho, 77 sacred symbol prescribed for, 44 _Water Chant_ of the Navaho, 78 _Water God_ of the Apache, 33, 35 _See_ RAIN GOD _Water Monsters_ in Navaho mythology, 87 _Water Sprinkler_, a Navaho Rain God, 107, 115, 120 _Weapons_, Jicarilla, origin of, 69 _Weasel_ in Navaho myth, 97 _Weaving._ _See_ BLANKETS _Wheels_ in Jicarilla mythology, 62, 64 medicine, made by Apache, 10, 11 _Whips_, yucca, of the Navaho, 120-121 _Whirling log_ represented in dry-painting, 120-121 _Whirlwind_ in Navaho myth, 110 _Whirlwind God_ of the Jicarillas, 60, 61 _See_ WINDS _White Corn Boy_ of Navaho myth, 96 _White Mountain Apache_, population of, 131 _White Mountain reservation_, Apache placed on, 9 character and area of, 13 "medicine" craze on, 10 property disputes on, 23 _White objects_ created by Yólkai Skhĭn, 33 symbolic of prayer, 34 _White river_, Arizona, 11, 15, 17 _White-Shell Boy_ of Apache myth, 31, 33 _White-Shell Girl._ _See_ YÓLKAI NALÍ̆N _White-Shell Man_ of Navaho myth, 97 _White-Shell Woman._ _See_ YÓLKAI ĔSTSÁN _Wildcats_ in Jicarilla mythology, 64 _Wind People_ of Navaho mythology, 95, 99 _Winds_, function of, in Navaho belief, 93, 95 how regarded by Apache, 35 in Apache myth, 25, 26 in Navaho mythology, 90, 93, 96, 97, 102, 110, 138 participation of, in Jicarilla creation, 61 pollen scattered to, 133 _Witchcraft_, penalty for, in future world, 56 _See_ SORCERY _Wolf_ in Navaho myth, 97 _Wolf People_ of the Navaho, 84, 87, 90, 95 _Women_, Apache, descent traced through, 22 Apache, dress of, 131 Apache, houses built by, 13 Apache, modesty of, 16 _Women_, Apache, property right of, 22 Apache, status of, 13-14 chiefs in Navaho mythology, 84 how treated, in Jicarilla ceremony, 59 Jicarilla, dress of, 134 Jicarilla, hair-dressing of, 134 Jicarilla, modesty of, 58 Navaho, blanket weavers, 75 Navaho, clothing of, 136 Navaho, hair-dressing of, 136 Navaho, status of, 76 Navaho, work of, 85 separated from men in Navaho myth, 85 _See_ CHILDBIRTH; MARRIAGE; PUBERTY CEREMONY _Wool_ blankets, in Navaho myth of, 94 _Wósakĭdĭ._ _See_ GRASSHOPPER PEOPLE _Yádĭlhkĭh Bĭnálzé̆_, Sky Messengers, of Apache myth, 31 _Yádĭlhkĭh Skhĭn._ _See_ SKY GOD _Yakósha Skhĭn_, an Apache deity, 31, 35 _See_ APACHE-MOHAVE _Yavapai_, application of name, 6, 53 _Yébĭchai_ and Apache dance compared, 47 dance of the Navaho, 121 gods of the Navaho, 114 order, initiation into, 120, 121 signification of, 116 _Yéĭtso_, Big God of the Navaho, 98, 105 _Yellow-Corn Girl_ of Navaho myth, 96 _Yíyĕ._ _See_ OWL _Yoi Hatál._ See Bead Chant _Yólkai Ĕstsán_, a Jicarilla goddess, 62, 64, 68, 135 a Navaho goddess, 94-96, 98, 99, 105, 137, 138 _Yólkai Nalí̆n_, an Apache goddess, 31 function of, 34, 35 guardian of spirit-land, 134 how supplicated, 40 _Yólkai Skhĭn_, White-Shell Boy, of Apache, 31, 33 _Yŭádiĭstan_, an Apache god, 24