[52]. Told by Frank Crockett's father who practised the ceremony. It is for the recovery of those who have been made ill by the floods due to thunderstorms.
[53]. A gambler made desperate by his losses is the hero of a Navajo (Matthews, 160) and a Jicarilla story (This series, vol. 8, 214).
[54]. A messenger wears a downy feather tied at the crown of his head and is protected by it on his journey. It serves as a safe conduct.
[55]. These four paragraphs appear to contain the words of songs.
[56]. As high as a man's head.
[57]. Clearly a song.
[58]. Because one supposedly dead was being mentioned to a near relative.
The Man who visited the Sky with the Eagles.[[59]]
Long ago, there was a man who had a wife and two children, both boys. He went with Coyote on a hunting trip and camped near where they expected to secure game. He went out to hunt in the morning; and Coyote also went by himself and, as he was walking along, he came where there was an eagle's nest on a point of rock jutting out in the middle of a high cliff. There were young eagles in the nest.