CONTENTS.Page.[ Introduction]235[ Construction of the Medicine Lodge]237[ First day]237[ Personators of the gods]237[ Second day]239[ Description of the sweat houses]239[ Sweat houses and masks]242[ Preparation of the sacred reeds (cigarettes) and prayer-sticks] 242 [ Third day]244[ First ceremony]244[ Second ceremony]245[ Third ceremony]247[ Fourth ceremony (night)]248[ Fourth day]249[ First ceremony]249[ Second ceremony]250[ Third ceremony]250[ Fourth ceremony]252[ Fifth ceremony]253[ Sixth ceremony]253[ Foods brought into the lodge]256[ Fifth day]257[ First ceremony]257[ Second ceremony]259[ Third ceremony]260[ Sixth day]261[ Seventh day]263[ Eighth day]265[ Ninth day]269[ First ceremony]269[ Second ceremony]270[ Song of the Etsethle]272[ Prayer to the Etsethle]272[ Conclusion—the dance]273[ Myths of the Navajo]275[ Creation of the sun]275[ Hasjelti and Hostjoghon]277[ The floating logs]278[ Naiyenesgony and Tobaidischinni]279[ The brothers]280[ The old man and woman of the first world]284[ Footnotes][ Index]