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MEDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE. 



CHALCHZHDITL. 



The articles of dress depicted in this paper are believed to repre 

 sent all those which exclusively belong to the office of the Apache 

 &quot;diyi&quot; or &quot; i/ze-nantan.&quot; Of late years it can not be said that every 

 medicine-man has all these articles, but most of them will be found in 

 the possession of the man in full practice. 



No matter what the medicine-man may lack, he will, if it be possible, 

 provide himself witli some of the impure malachite known to the whites 

 of the Southwest as turquoise. In the malachite veins the latter stone 



Front view. Hear view. 



Flo. 444. Ti.i-daltui aumlH (Apache). 



is sometimes found and is often of good quality, but the difference be 

 tween the two is apparent upon the slightest examination. The color of 

 the malachite is a pea green, that of the turquoise a pale sky blue. The 

 chemical composition of the former is a carbonate of copper, mixed with 

 earthy impurities; that of the latter, a phosphate of alumina, colored 

 with the oxide of copper. The use of this malachite was widespread. 

 Under the name of chalchihuitl or chalchihuite, it appears with fre- 



