Copyright 1942 by the American Folk-Lore Society
Introduction to the Bison Book Edition copyright © 1994 by the Univer-
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Opler, Morris Edward, 1907--
Myths and tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians / by Morris Edward Opler
; with an appendix of Apache and Navaho comparative references by
David French; introduction to the Bison book edition by Scott Rushforth.
p. cm. --(Sources of American Indian oral literature)
Originally published: New York: American Folk-Lore Society, 1942, in se-
ries: Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society; v. xxxvii, with new in-
trod.

"Bison book."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-8032-8602-3

1. Apache Indians--Folklore. 2. Apache mythology. 3.Tales-- New
Mexico. I. Title.

E99.A6077 1994

398.2'04972--dc20

94-12396 CIP

Reprinted by arrangement with the American Folk-Lore Society. This vol-
ume originally appeared as No. 37 of the Memoirs of the American Folk-
Lore Society.

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