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

_Nabakelti_, Apache medicine-man, 10-12

_Nacholecho._ _See_ TARANTULA

_Names_ adopted by Apache, 42
native, of Indian tribes, 134, 135, 138
of dead tabooed, 34
of the moons or months, 141

_Nane_, conference with, 7
raids by Apache under, 9

_Naste{~COMBINING BREVE~}lh_ in Apache myth, 31

_Natoi Hatal._ _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

_Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani_, a Jicarilla god, 55-57, 62-68, 135

_Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani_, Apache and Navaho deity, 3, 31, 133, 138
birth and adventures of, 32, 98-106
personated in Night Chant, 118
represented in Apache painting, 20
symbolized on maternity belt, 39

_Nde_, Apache tribal name, 134

_Ndidilhkizn_, Lightning Maker, in Apache myth, 25, 27, 28
symbolized on medicine cap, 40

_Ndisagocha__n_, Lightning Rumbler, in Apache myth, 25, 28

_Nervousness_ treated by Apache, 40

_New Mexico_, Chiricahua flee to, 9
plan to remove Apache to, 7

_New Mexico_, raids by Victorio in, 9

_Night Chant_ of the Navaho, 78, 79, 111-124

_Night Girl_ of Apache myth, 30, 31

_Nigostu{~COMBINING BREVE~}n_, the Earth, in Apache myth, 26

_Nigostu{~COMBINING BREVE~}n Bika Binalze._ _See_ EARTH MESSENGERS

_Nigostu{~COMBINING BREVE~}n Nali{~COMBINING BREVE~}n._ _See_ EARTH DAUGHTER

_Ni{~COMBINING BREVE~}lchi._ _See_ WINDS

_Nilchidilhkizn_, the Apache Wind God, 25, 27, 31, 35

_Nichitso_, a Jicarilla Whirlwind god, 61

_Nokuse._ _See_ BIG DIPPER

_Number_, sacred, of Apache, 36, 41-43

_Numerals_, Southern Athapascan, 142

_Obscenity_ of Jicarilla clowns, 59

_Ocean_, creation of, in Apache myth, 33, 133
creation of, in Navaho myth, 90

_Ojo Caliente_, Apac