Ethnological Notes
Morris Opler
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Ethnological Note 1
When Chiricahua are conducted into the mountain
interiors, into the homes of the Mountain Spirits, it is usually the Gray One or
clown who acts as a guide for them.
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Ethnological Note 2
From here on, the informant tells the story in the first
person.
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Ethnological Note 3
That is, this is the bear who killed the woman, their
mother, and her baby.
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Ethnological Note 4
This incident is supposed to have occurred at the time
the Warm Springs band of the Chiricahua Apache were being removed from their New
Mexico home to Arizona. Later they were allowed to return to the vicinity of
Warm Springs once more and these two children were united with their relatives.