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Jicarilla Apache Texts

90 entries · 5 sections

by Pliny Earle Goddard

Start Reading Contents Introduction

Myths

1. The Emergence 2. The First War 3. The Culture Heroes and Owl 4. The Killing of the Monsters.5. Naiyenesgani Rescues the Taos Indians 6. The Monster Fish 7. The Monster Fish (Second Version)8. Naiyenesgani Removes Certain Dangers 9. The Killing of the Bear 10. The Traveling Rock 11. The Origin of Sheep and Cattle 12. Naiyenesgani Takes His Leave 13. Naiyenesgani Takes His Leave (Second Version)14. The Winning of Daylight 15. Coyote Secures Fire 16. Coyote Secures Fire. (Second Version.)17. The Swallowing Monster 18. The Man Who Helped the Eagles 19. The Bear-Man 20. Releasing the Buffalo 21. Releasing the Buffalo. (Second Version.)22. The Origin of Corn and Deer 23. The Origin of Corn and Deer (Second Version)24. The Supernatural Person in the Lake 25. The Man Who Traveled With the Buffalo

Tales

26. Coyote Steals a Man's Wife 27. Coyote Takes Arrows From Owl 28. Antelopes Take Arrows From Coyote 29. Antelopes Take Arrows From Coyote. (Second Version.)30. Coyote Tries to Make His Children Spotted 31. Coyote Kills His Own Child Instead of the Turkeys 32. Coyote and Porcupine Contend For a Buffalo 33. Coyote Loses His Eyes 34. Coyote Kills the Prairie Dogs 35. Coyote is Revenged on Wildcat 36. Coyote and Beaver Play Tricks On Each Other 37. Coyote Apes His Hosts 38. Coyote is Disobeyed by Turkey 39. Coyote is Shot With a Pine Tree 40. Coyote Insults the Rock 41. Coyote Marries Under False Pretences 42. Mosquito Marries Under False Pretences 43. Coyote Deceives a Woman 44. Coyote and the Mexicans 45. How Mole Won the Race 46. Frog Wins From Antelope in a Footrace 47. When the Birds Were Chiefs 48. Woodpecker Describes Himself 49. Flicker Describes Himself 50. Lewis Woodpecker Describes Himself 51. Owl Describes Himself 52. Panther, the Great Hunter 53. The Governor, Old Woman White Hands

Traditions and Personal Experiences

54. The War with the Americans 55. The Horses of the Apache Are Stolen by the Navajo 56. A Fight With the Enemy on the Arkansas River 57. A Duel Between Scouts 58. A Captive Woman Attempts to Make Peace 59. The Horses of the Ollero are Stolen 60. An Expedition to the Adobe Walls with Kit Carson 61. An Unsuccessful Expedition Led by Maxwell 62. The Apache Meet a Texan 63. A Ute is Saved by his War-Medicine 64. Pesita Is Shot 65. The Arrows Fail on the Hunt 66. A Successful Hunt 67. Hunting Elk 68. A Deer Hunt 69. Deer Hunting in the Mescalero Country 70. The Mescalero Beg For Meat

Information Concerning Industries and Ceremonies

71. The Sinew-Backed Bow 72. Making the Tipi 73. Methods of Cooking Corn 74. The Making of Tiswin 75. Origin of the Medicine Ceremony 76. Magic at a Medicine Ceremony 77. The Tcactcini 78. The Medicine Ceremony 79. The Medicine Ceremony (Second Description)80. The Adolescence Ceremony 81. Observances in Butchering Buffalo 82. Ceremony For Buffalo 83. Prayer For Buffalo 84. Note on Killing Eagles 85. Ceremony For an Infant 86. Avoidance of the Mother-In-Law 87. The Burial of the Dead