Part 43

Metal-work of the Navaho, 76-77

Mexican captives enslaved by Navaho, 82 coins used in Navaho silver-work, 77

Migration, traditional, of the Jicarillas, 62

Miles, Gen. N. A., subdues Apache, 10

Milky Way in Apache myth, 34, 134 in Navaho myth, 93

Miracle performers of Apache myth, 32 of Jicarilla myth, 62-68 of Navaho myth, 98

Miraculous personages of Apache myth, 133 of Jicarilla myth, 135 of Navaho myth, 138 See GODS

Moccasins, cross and crescent on, 42 See CLOTHING

Modesty of Apache women, 16

Mohave, Jicarilla name for, 135 Navaho name for, 138 See APACHE-MOHAVE

Monsters in Apache mythology, 32 in Jicarilla mythology, 63-68, 135 in Navaho mythology, 89, 90, 138 See GIANTS; WATER MONSTERS

Months, names of, 141

Moon, creation of, in Apache myth, 30, 31 creation of, in Navaho myth, 92

Moon God. See KLĔGANAÁI; KLĔHONAÁI; KLĔNAÁI

Moons, names of, 141

Mortars in Navaho myth, 103

Mortuary customs of the Apache, 133 of the Jicarillas, 55, 135 of the Navaho, 80, 138

Moss agate in Navaho mythology, 92

Mother-in-law, taboo of, among Navaho, 126

Mountain Chant of the Navaho, 78, 79

Mountain lion, in Jicarilla myth, 64 in Navaho myth, 97 skin of, used in maternity belt, 39

Mountain Lion People of the Navaho, 84, 87, 90

Mountain sheep in Navaho myth, 113-114

Mountains, mythic creation of, 28, 90-91 sacred, in Navaho myth, 84, 88, 90-91, 93, 94, 98

Mourning by the Jicarillas, 55-56, 135 See MORTUARY CUSTOMS

Muhr, A. F., acknowledgments to, xx

Mummies in cliff-ruins, 74-75

Murder among the Apache, 45