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Fort Sumner, New Mexico, 83 See BOSQUE REDONDO

Fort Wingate, Apache surrender at, 9 Navaho arrive at, 83

Four, an Apache sacred number, 36, 41-43

Fox People of the Navaho, 84, 95

Frightening the patient in Night Chant ceremony, 119

Fringe Mouths, Navaho deities, 109, 113, 114, 123

Frogs, creation of, in Navaho myth, 90

Fungi eaten by Apache, 19

Fun-maker. See CLOWN

Furniture of the Navaho, 76

Gấgé̆. See CROW

Gambler in Navaho mythology, 111

Gamblers present at Night Chant, 122

Gánaskĭáĭ, a Navaho god, 114 represented in dry-painting, 121

Garcés, Francisco, on the Apache, 4

Gáŭn, Apache gods, 31, 35

Genesis of Navaho clans, 137 of the Apache, 23-35, 133 of the Jicarillas, 60-62, 135 of the Navaho, 83-98, 138

Geronimo, capture of, 10 raids by Apache under, 9, 10

Ghost Dance identified with Dance of Gods, 48

Giants in Navaho mythology, 98, 105-106 See MONSTERS

Girl Dance among Apache, 46

Goddesses, how personated in Navaho ceremony, 111

Gods, Indian belief in power of, 45 of the Apache, 31, 35 personated in Apache ceremony, 41 See DANCE; HOLY PEOPLE; MYTHOLOGY; RELIGION

Gopher in Jicarilla mythology, 65, 66

Goshonné, Apache medicine-man, 37, 38

Gourd drinking cups of Apache, 21

Government of the Apache, 132 of the Jicarillas, 135 of the Navaho, 136 See CHIEFS; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

Grasshopper People of Navaho myth, 100, 103

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