HOITRKE.J 



HODDENTIN. 



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of other Apache present, aud tlieu of myself, putting a large pinch 

 over my heart aud upon each shoulder, and then placed the rest upon 

 his own tongue. He explained that I had taken the &quot;life&quot; out of his 

 medicine hat, and, notwithstanding the powers of his medicine, returned 

 in less than a month with a demand for $30 as damages. His hat 

 never was the same after I drew it. My suggestion that the applica 

 tion of a little soap might wash away the clots of grease, soot, and 

 earth adhering to the hat, and restore its pristine efficacy were received 

 with the scorn due to the sneers of the scoffer. 



&quot;In time of much lightning, the Apache throw hoddentin and say: 

 Gun-ju-le, ittindi, 1 be good, Lightning.&quot; 1 



Fir:. 4:14. Nan-tR-do-tash a medicine li;it. 



Tzit-jizinde, -the Man who likes Everybody,&quot; who said he belonged 

 to the Iiioschujochin Manzanita or Bearberry clan showed me how 

 to pray with hoddentin in time of lightning or storm or danger of any 

 kind. Taking a small pinch in his fingers, he held it out at arm s 

 length, standing up, and repeated his prayer, aud then blew his breath 

 hard. I was once with a party of Apache while a comet was visible. I 

 called their attention to it, but they did not seem to care. On the 

 other hand, Antonio told me that the &quot;biggest dance&quot; the Apache 

 ever had was during the time that &quot;the stars all fell out of the sky&quot; 

 (1833). 



&quot;The only act of a religious character which 1 observed . . . was 

 shortly after crossing the river they fi. e., the American officers] were 



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