timber.
8. _naqokosdje nanaai_--north horizontal timber.
_qaa'adje iai_ (1)[3]--east post. }
_cacaadje iai_ (2)--south post. } These posts are further
_i[ng]i[ng]adje iai_ (3)--west post. } distinguished as follows:
9. _naqokosdje iai_ (4)--north post. }
_cacaa qaa'adje iai_ (1).
_cacaa i[ng]i[ng]adje iai_ (2).
_naqokos i[ng]i[ng]adje iai_ (3).
_naqokos qaa'dje iai_ (4).
10. _biyace b[)i]n[)i]joji_--the walls; also distinguished as north,
south, east, and west walls.
11. _bo[.g]ance nanijoji_--uppermost roof; the main roof.
12. _tci[ng][)e]cin_--doorway.
13. _tc[)i]legi_--smoke-hole.
14. _tc[)i]legi nanaai_--smoke-hole timber. The same term is applied to
the timber marked 7 in the figure.
[Footnote 2: The figures refer to the interior view shown in figure
244.]
[Footnote 3: The numbers in parentheses refer to the ground plan,
figure 241.]
INDEX
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Agriculture among the Navaho 503
Bark used in Navaho structures 493
Benches in Navaho houses 496
Butts and tips in Navaho house building 489, 490
Cardinal Points of the Navaho 488, 500, 502, 508, 511
Carriso Mountains described 477
Ceremony, _see_ Dedication.
Chaco Valley described 478, 479
Chelly Canyon occupied by the Navaho 483
Chinlee Valley described 478
Choiskai Mountains described 477
Cornmeal used in Navaho house dedication 504, 505
Dawn God of the Navaho 489
Decoration, lack of, in Navaho houses 487
Dedication of Navaho houses 476, 504
Descent among the Navaho 485
Dogs among the Navaho 484
Doorframes of Navaho houses 492
Drill, fire, of the Navaho 501
Environment, effect of, on primitive people 475
Estufa, _see_ Kiva.
Feast at Navaho house dedication 506
Fire-Making by the Navaho
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