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Havasupai, Apache name for, 134 baskets of, among Navaho, 77 Navaho name for, 138

Hawk People of the Navaho, 84, 88

Head-dress of the Apache, 131 See CAPS; HAIR-DRESSING; MEDICINE CAP

Healing rites. See MEDICINE

Health, God and Goddess of, of Apache, 27, 28, 33 See HÁDĬNTĬN SKHĬN

Hermaphrodites in Navaho myth, 85

Hills, creation of, in Apache myth, 27, 28 See MOUNTAINS

History of the Apache, 3-23 of the Navaho, 81-83

Hochónchĭ Hatal. See Evil-spirit Chant

Hogán, the Navaho house, 74, 136 See DWELLINGS; HOUSES; TSÍ̆NDI HOGÁN

Holy People of Navaho mythology, 83-84, 91, 94-96, 111-113, 115

Home life of the Navaho, 76

Honesty, how regarded by the Navaho, 82

Hopi, Apache name for, 134 Apache raids in country of, 14 Navaho name for, 138 visited by Garcés, 4

Horse-racing at time of Night Chant, 122

Horses, accoutrement of, ornamented by Navaho, 77 branded with sacred symbol, 42, 44 sacrificed at graves, 55, 81, 134, 135 used as doctors’ fees, 41 used in marriage settlement, 126, 133, 137-138

Horse-thieving by the Navaho, 82

Hostilities of the Apache, 6-23 of the Navaho, 81-83

House Gods. See HASCHÓGAN

Houses, medicine, of the Jicarillas, 57 of the Apache, 13-14, 44, 45 of the dead burned by Jicarillas, 55 owned by Navaho women, 76 See Dwellings; Hogán; Tipis

Hozhónĭ Hatál. See HAPPINESS CHANT

Humming-bird in Apache myth, 26, 30

Hunchback gods of the Navaho, 105, 121

Hunting by the Jicarillas, 54, 55, 134-135

Images used by Apache, 40-41, 133

Implements, Jicarilla, origin of, 69 of the Apache, 17

Incantation used in treating disease, 36

Indian Office, policy of, regarding Apache, 8

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