Part 36

Ĕstsán Nátlĕshĭn, a Jicarilla deity, 62, 135

Evil-spirit Chant of the Navaho, 78

Evil spirits banished in Night Chant, 119-120

Face-painting of Jicarilla dancers, 59

Fasting by Apache medicine-men, 32

Fear of Apache by other tribes, 6 unknown to Apache, 14

Feather Chant of the Navaho, 78

Feathers, eagle, in Jicarilla myth, 63-64, 68 eagle, in Navaho myth, 100 eagle, in puberty rite, 46 employed in dry-painting, 120 Jicarilla headdress of, 54 turkey, prayer-sticks of, 117

Feather wands in Night Chant, 118, 119

Fermentation by Apache, 19-20

Fire, how made by Apache, 14, 18 in Jicarilla mythology, 63, 64 mythic origin of, 69 used in God Dance, 49 used in Jicarilla ceremony, 58 used in Night-Chant ceremony, 116 used at Yébĭchai Dance, 122

Fireflies in Jicarilla mythology, 69

Fire God of the Navaho, 103-104

Fire-sticks in Jicarilla mythology, 64, 65

First Man. See ÁSTSĔ HÁSTĬN

First Woman. See ÁSTSĔ ĔSTSÁN

Fish tabooed by Apache, 20 tabooed by Jicarillas, 135

Flint clothing in Jicarilla myth, 63

Flood in Apache myth, 27-28 in Jicarilla mythology, 61 in Navaho mythology, 88, 90

Florida, Apache prisoners sent to, 10

Flutes mentioned in Navaho myth, 84

Fly (Doh) in Apache myth, 26, 27

Fog. See CLOUDS; RAIN

Food of the Apache, 14-16, 19, 20, 131, 140 of the Jicarillas, 134, 140 of the Navaho, 76, 140 terms for, 139-140 used during maturity rite, 125 See TABOO

Foot-racing at time of Night Chant, 122 in Navaho myth, 107

Fort Apache, Apache scouts at, 10 Coyoteros placed near, 8

Fort Apache agency, number of Apache at, 131

Fort Sill, Apache sent to, 10 Chiricahua at, 131