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The Navajos
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Publisher
The Torch press
Publication Date
1909
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
1. Their discovery
Westward the course of conquest takes its way
Spanish explores discover the indians of the Southwest
2. Their country
A desert country
Their reservation
A summer day in Navajo land
Cliff dwellings and ancient ruins
3. The people
Early history
Evidence of a pre-historic race
Government
4. Their manners and customs
A pastoral people
Their home
Their domestic life
Marriage
The wedding ceremony
Slavery
The medicine-man
The discipline of their life
Games and sports
The burial
5. Wars and treaties
As warriors
Kit Carson
The last Navajo war
General Sibley invades New Mexico
The proclamation
Causes of Indian wars
Their capture
The Bosque Redondo
Their return to the reservation
Treaties
6. Their religion and morals
A pantheist
Superstition
Morals
7. Navajo mythology
Myth and tradition
Some Navajo myths
8. Ceremonies
Ha-tal-i
The mountain chant
The fire play
Sand paintings
9. Their arts and crafts
History of the art of weaving
The Pesh-li-kai, or silversmith
10. Civilization
As viewed by the white man
His progress
His future.
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