502 MKDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE. 



When the sun rises we cast a pinch of hoddentin toward him, and 

 we do the same thing to the moon, but not. to the stars, saying &amp;lt;Gim- 

 ju-le, chigo-na-ay, si-chi-zi, gun-ju-le, inzayu, ijauale, meaning Be good, 

 O Sun, be good. Dawn, long time let me live ; or, Don t let me die 

 for a long time, and at night, &amp;lt;Gun-.ju-lc, ehil-jilt, si-chi-/.i, gun-ju-le, 

 inzayu, ijanalc, meaning Be good, O Night ; Twilight, be good ; do not 

 let me die.&quot; &quot;In going on a hunt an Apache throws hoddentin and 

 says Guu-ju-le, chigo-na-ay, cha-ut-si, ping, kladitza, meaning Be 

 good, O Sun, make me succeed deer to kill.&quot;&quot; 



The name of the full moon in the Apache language is &quot;klego-na-ay,&quot; 

 I but the crescent moon is called &quot;tzoiitzose&quot; and hoddentin is always 



offered to it. 2 



&quot; Hoddentin is thrown to the sun, moon (at times), the morning star, 

 and occasionally to the wagon.&quot; 3 &quot; The Apache offer much hoddentin 

 to l Na-u-kuzze, the Great Bear.&quot; 4 &quot;Our custom is to throw a very 

 small pinch of hoddentiu at dawn to the rising sun.&quot; 5 &quot;The women of 

 the Chiricahua throw no hoddentin to the moon, but pray to it, saying: 

 &quot;,Gun-ju-le, klego-na-ay,&quot; (be good, O Moon). 1 



When the Apache plant com the medicine-men bury eagle-plume 

 sticks in the fields, scatter hoddentin, and sing. When the corn is 

 partially grown they scatter pinches of hoddentin over it. 7 



The &quot;eagle-plume sticks&quot; mentioned in the preceding paragraph sug 

 gests the &quot;ke-thawu&quot; mentioned by Matthews in &quot;The Mountain 



Chant.&quot; 11 



&quot;When a person is very sick the Apache make a great fire, place the 

 patient near it, and dance in a circle around him and the fire, at the 

 same time singing and sprinkling him with hoddentin in the form of a 

 -cross on head, breast, arms, and legs.&quot; 9 



In November, 1885, while at the San Carlos agency, I had an inter 

 view with Nantadotash, an old blind medicine-man of the Akafie or 

 Willow gens, who had with him a very valuable medicine-hat which he 

 refused to sell, and only with great reluctance permitted&quot;me to touch. 

 Taking advantage of his infirmity, 1 soon had a picture drawn in my 

 notebook, and the text added giving the symbolism of all the orna 

 mentation attached. Upon discovering this, the old man became much 

 excited, and insisted upon putting a pinch of hoddentin upon the draw 

 ing, and then recited a prayer, which I afterwards succeeded in getting 

 verbatim. After the prayer was finished, the old man arose and 

 marked with hoddentin the breast of his wife, of Moses, of Antonio, 



I Information of Mickey Free. 



2 Informal. on of Alohise, Mike, ami others. 



3 Information of Francesca and other captive Chiricahmt squaws. 

 Information of Moses Ilmulcrson. 



fi Information of Chato. 



6 Information of Tze-go-jnni. 



7 Information of Moses Henderson and other Apache at San Carlos. 

 Bin-can of Ethnology. Koport for 1883- *!. 



y Information of Francesca and others. 



