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]