_Yolkai Estsan_, a Jicarilla goddess, 62, 64, 68, 135
a Navaho goddess, 94-96, 98, 99, 105, 137, 138

_Yolkai Nali{~COMBINING BREVE~}n_, an Apache goddess, 31
function of, 34, 35
guardian of spirit-land, 134
how supplicated, 40

_Yolkai Skhin_, White-Shell Boy, of Apache, 31, 33

_Yuadiistan_, an Apache god, 24

_Yucca_ fruit eaten by Apache, 19
root in Navaho mythology, 94
root, washing with, 115, 125
used for head-band, 131
whips made of, 120-121

_Yuma_, Jicarilla name for, 135
Navaho name for, 138

_Yuman_ and Apache relations, 5
and Jicarilla ceremony compared, 56

_Zahadolzha_, Fringe-mouth gods of Navaho, 109, 113, 114, 123

_Zuni_, Apache name for the, 134
Navaho name for, 138
people among Navaho, 137

THE END OF VOLUME I

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FOOTNOTES

1 The agave or maguey plant, locally called mescal, for which reason
the latter term is here employed.

2 This medicine skin was owned by Hashke Ni{~COMBINING BREVE~}lnte and was considered
one of the most potent belonging to any of the medicine-men. During
the lifetime of Hashke Ni{~COMBINING BREVE~}lnte it was impossible for any white man
even to look upon this wonderful "medicine." After reaching extreme
age he was killed, presumably by his wife, from whom this valuable
and sacred object was procured.

3 Possibly a legendary reminiscence of a home in the far north and the
subsequent migration to the south.

4 The myth and ritual of this ceremony are given on pages 111-116.

5 Versions differ as to the number of worlds through which the
progenitors of the Navaho passed. Some give three before this one,
others but one. The version adopted by the Bahozhonchi, a religious
order or medicine society whose rites and ceremonies are the oldest
and most widely known of any in the tribe, treats of two worlds
only: the one below, from which the Digi{~COMBINING BREVE~}n, or Holy People, migrated
in the form of insects, birds, and beasts, and to which the dead
return; and the present, into which was born man in his present
image, created of pollen, corn, white shell, turquoise, and rain by
the Digi{~COMBINING BREVE~}n. These Digi{~COMBINING BREVE~}n were the animals which never assumed
absolute material form on this earth, and the gods who perfected the
creation. The creation o