William Young, Philadelphia, Pa.

Table of Contents

[CONTENTS.][v]
[ILLUSTRATIONS.][vii]
[INTRODUCTION.][1]
[PREFATORY REMARKS.][1]
[HOME OF THE NAVAHOES.][1]
[POPULATION.][5]
[RACIAL AFFINITY—APPEARANCE.][9]
[PORTRAITS.][11]
[CRANIA.][12]
[LANGUAGE.][12]
[HOUSES.][13]
[ARTS.][18]
[INDUSTRY.][22]
[POETRY AND MUSIC.][22]
[TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.][29]
[RELIGION.][33]
[CEREMONIES.][40]
[THE LEGENDS.][50]
[ALPHABET USED.][54]
[SPELLING OF NAVAHO.][55]
[NOTES.][56]
[SHAMANS.16][56]
[A LAST WORD (TO POETS AND OTHERS).][59]
[LEGENDS.][61]
[THE NAVAHO ORIGIN LEGEND.][63]
I. [ THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE.][63]
II. [ EARLY EVENTS IN THE FIFTH WORLD.][76]
III. [ THE WAR GODS.][104]
IV. [ GROWTH OF THE NAVAHO NATION.][135]
[NATĬ′NĔSTHANI.][160]
[THE GREAT SHELL OF KĬNTYÉL.][195]
[NOTES.][209]
[NAVAHO MUSIC.][254]
[ DOVE SONG.][258]
[TEXTS AND INTERLINEAR TRANSLATIONS.][258]
[ ASSEVERATION OF TORLINO (IN PART).][258]
[ BEGINNING OF ORIGIN LEGEND.][258]
[ SONG OF ESTSÁNATLEHI.][261]
[ SONG OF NAYÉNĔZGẠNI (NAYÉNĔZGẠNI BĬGĬ′N).][262]
[ SONG OF NAYÉNĔZGẠNI.][262]
[ SONG OF NAYÉNĔZGẠNI.][263]
[ A SONG OF NAYÉNĔZGẠNI.][264]
[ SONG OF THE SUN.][265]
[ SONG OF THE SUN.][266]
[ SIGNIFICANT WORDS OF SONGS OF THE LOG, FIRST SET.][266]
[ SIGNIFICANT WORDS OF SONGS OF THE LOG, SECOND SET.][267]
[ WORDS OF THE EAGLE.][267]
[ SONG OF THE EAGLES.—A SONG OF THE BEAD CHANT.][267]
[ SONG OF THE ASCENSION.][267]
[ PRAYER OF FIRST DANCERS FROM THE CEREMONY OF THE NIGHT CHANT.][269]
[FREE TRANSLATION OF PRAYER.][273]
[REMARKS ON THE PRAYER.][275]
[BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES.][276]
[MELODIES][279]
1. [SONG OF THE APPROACH OF THE WAR GODS.][281]
2. [SONG OF THE WAR GODS.][281]
3. [TWELFTH YIKAÍGĬN OR DAYLIGHT SONG.][282]
4. [A SONG OF THE NAAKHAÍ,OR DANCE OF THE LAST NIGHT OF THE NIGHT CHANT.][283]
5. [A SONG OF THE NAAKHAÍ.][284]
6. [SEVENTH SONG IN THE FARM OF HASTSÉHOGAN.][285]
7. [TENTH AND ELEVENTH SONGS IN THE FARM OF HASTSÉHOGAN.][286]
8. [FIFTEENTH SONG IN THE FARM OF HASTSÉHOGAN.][287]
9. [TWENTY-SECOND SONG IN THE FARM OF HASTSÉHOGAN.][288]
10. [TWENTY-THIRD SONG IN THE FARM OF HASTSÉHOGAN.][289]
11. [TWENTY-FIFTH SONG IN THE FARM OF HASTSÉHOGANHASTSÉHOGAN.][290]
[INDEX.][291]
[SUBSCRIBERSTO THEPUBLICATION FUNDOFTHE AMERICAN FOLK-LORE SOCIETY,1896.][302]

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A review by W. W. Newell appeared in [The Journal of American Folklore] of July 1896.

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