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Breech-cloth. See CLOTHING; LOIN-CLOTH

Buckskin. See DEERSKIN

Buffalo hunted by Jicarillas, 54 in Jicarilla after-world, 135 horns, myth concerning, 61, 62

Buffalo skin, tipis of, of the Jicarillas, 134 used in Jicarilla ceremony, 57

Bumping Rocks of Navaho myth, 101 See ROLLING STONE

Burial. See Mortuary Customs

Butterfly in Jicarilla mythology, 56, 58

Buttons, silver, of the Navaho, 77

Buzzard People of the Navaho, 84

Cabezon mountain, mythic creation of, 90

Cactus, fastened to Apache clothing, 38 See FOOD

Cairns, Apache, 133

Camp life of the Apache, 16

Cañon de Chelly, Navaho defeated in, 83 Navaho farms in, 73 See TSÉ̆GYIĬ

Caps of the Apache, 131, 133 sacred, prescribed in Messiah religion, 44 See CLOTHING; HEADDRESS; MEDICINE CAP

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

Chanzhní̆, 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

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