CONTENTS.

	Page.
[ Introduction]	385
[ Myth of the origin of dsilyídje qaçàl]	387
[ Ceremonies of dsilyídje qaçàl]	418
[ First four days]	418
[ Fifth day]	419
[ Sixth day]	424
[ Seventh day]	428
[ Eighth day]	429
[ Ninth day (until sunset)]	430
[ Last night]	431
[ First dance (nahikàï)]	432
[ Second dance (great plumed arrow)]	433
[ Third dance]	435
[ Fourth dance]	436
[ Fifth dance (sun)]	437
[ Sixth dance (standing arcs)]	437
[ Seventh dance]	438
[ Eighth dance (rising sun)]	438
[ Ninth dance (Hoshkàwn, or Yucca)]	439
[ Tenth dance (bear)]	441
[ Eleventh dance (fire)]	441
[ Other dances]	443
[ The great pictures of dsilyídje qaçàl]	444
[ First picture (home of the serpents)]	446
[ Second picture (yays and cultivated plants)]	447
[ Third picture (long bodies)]	450
[ Fourth picture (great plumed arrows)]	451
[ Sacrifices of dsilyídje qaçàl]	451
[ Original texts and translations of songs, &c.]	455
[ Songs of sequence]	455
[ First Song of the First Dancers]	456
[ First Song of the Mountain Sheep]	457
[ Sixth Song of the Mountain Sheep]	457
[ Twelfth Song of the Mountain Sheep]	458
[ First Song of the Thunder]	458
[ Twelfth Song of the Thunder]	459
[ First Song of the Holy Young Men, or Young Men Gods]	459
[ Sixth Song of the Holy Young Men]	460
[ Twelfth Song of the Holy Young Men]	460
[ Eighth Song of the Young Women who Become Bears]	461
[ One of the Awl Songs]	461
[ First Song of the Exploding Stick]	462
[ Last Song of the Exploding Stick]	462
[ First Daylight Song]	463
[ Last Daylight Song]	463
[ Other songs and extracts]	464
[ Song of the Prophet to the San Juan River]	464
[ Song of the Building of the Dark Circle]	464
[ Prayer to Dsilyi‘ Neyáni]	465
[ Song of the Rising Sun Dance]	465
[ Instructions given to the akáninili]	466
[ Prayer of the Prophet to his Mask]	466
[ Last Words of the Prophet]	467
[Index]

[ NOTE ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF NAVAJO WORDS.]

The spelling of Navajo words in this paper is in accordance with the alphabet of the Bureau of Ethnology:

c = ch in chin; ¢ = th in this; ç = th in think; j = z in azure; q = German ch in machen; ‘ shows that a vowel is aspirated; the vowels have the continental sounds; ai is the only diphthong, and is like i in line; l is usually aspirated; the other letters have the ordinary English pronunciation.