Part 34

Coyote in Jicarilla mythology, 69 in Navaho mythology, 87, 93

Coyote Chant of the Navaho, 78

Coyoteros, Apache name for, 134 assigned to reservation, 8 clans of the, 132 organization of the, 22 population of the, 131 subdued by Crook, 8

Cradle-board deposited with infant’s remains, 134

Creation. See GENESIS

Crescent. See Cross and Crescent

Cricket Girl of Navaho myth, 96

Crook, Gen. George, Apache campaign by, 8-10

Crops, fructification of, by Yólkai Ĕstsán, 96 Goddess of, of Apache, 34 See HARVESTS

Cross in Apache myth, 30, 32 made by Apache, 10 on Apache medicine cap, 40

Cross and crescent in Apache religion, 42 on Apache basketry, 21 origin of, among Apache, 43, 44

Crow in Apache mythology, 28 in Jicarilla mythology, 61 in Navaho mythology, 112

Crow People of the Navaho, 84

Crystal. See QUARTZ CRYSTAL

Cuticle, people created from, 97

Dance by Apache to revive dead, 10-11 during puberty rites, 46 for rain among Apache, 33 Harvest, of the Apache, 133 in Navaho myth, 108 of the Jicarillas, 58, 59 See CEREMONIES; YÉBĬCHAI

Dance of the Gods of Apache, 47-49

Das Lan, Apache medicine-man, 21, 37, 38, 42-46

Dátĭlyĕ. See HUMMING-BIRD

Davis, Inspector-General, confers with Apache, 7

Dawn in Navaho mythology, 87

Dead, Apache attempt to revive, 10 how regarded by Navaho, 80 See BURIAL; MORTUARY CUSTOMS

Death, Apache conception of, 32 controlled by Yólkai Nalí̆n, 34 origin of, in Navaho myth, 93

Death Goddess of the Apache, 34

Deer in Apache myth, 35

Deerskin, Apache paintings on, 20 in Navaho myth, 91, 92, 94, 96, 97 masks of god personators, 48 used in maternity belt, 39

Déĭlgĕt, an Antelope monster, 99, 106

Dĕpé̆nsa, a Navaho sacred mountain, 91