The Mountain Chant:
A Navajo Ceremony.
by
Washington Matthews
U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology, Fifth Annual Report, 1883-84. Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution
1887
Title Page
Introduction.
Myth of the Origin of Dsilyídje Qaçàl.
The Ceremonies of Dsilyídje Qaçàl.
The Great Pictures of Dsilyídje Qaçàl.
Sacrifices of Dsilyídje Qaçàl.
Original Texts and Translations of Songs.
Other Songs and Extracts.
Addendum: The Suppressed Sections from the 1884 Edition of the Mountain Chant
This version adapted from 1st Hand History and Internet Sacred Text Archive