rt of the land,
primitive, conservative cults ancient as the Druids.

With thanks to the Indian friends who have helped me, I desire
especially to express my obligation to Edward S. Curtis, whose
wonderful volumes of _The North American Indian_ have been an
inspiration, and whose Indian pictures for this book of mine possess a
solid value in art and ethnology far beyond the mere illustration of
text.

M. E. R.

CONTENTS

I. THE WOMAN FROM THE SOUTH 1
II. THE DAY OF THE SIGN 11
III. OF THE JOURNEY OF TAHN-TE 18
IV. WHITE SEEKERS OF TREASURE 29
V. TAHN-TE AMONG STRANGERS 42
VI. TAHN-TE--THE RULER 56
VII. THE SILKEN SCARF 63
VIII. THE STORY BY THE DESERT WELL 74
IX. YAHN, THE APACHE 103
X. SHRINES OF THE SACRED PLACES 111
XI. THE MAID OF DREAMS 124
XII. COMING OF THE CASTILIANS 137
XIII. A PAGAN PRIEST IN COUNCIL 167
XIV. THE COURIER AND THE MAID 201
XV. THE GIVING OF THE SUN SYMBOL 221
XVI. THE TRUE VISION 244
XVII. THINGS REVEALED ON THE HEIGHTS 252
XVIII. THE BATTLE ON THE MESA 262
XIX. THE APACHE DEATH TRAP 271
XX. THE CHOICE OF YAHN TSYN-DEH 289
XXI. THE CALL OF THE ANCIENT STAR 298
XXII. "AT THE TRAIL'S END!" 306
XXIII. THE PROPHECY OF TAHN-TE 319
XXIV. THE BLUEBIRD'S CALL 329

ILLUSTRATIONS

"BY THE ARROW I HAVE SAID IT!" _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
THE ONE TOWN OF WALPI 3
THE PRAYER TOKEN