Navaho Legends is one of the earliest collections of Navajo oral traditions in English, and still the best.<BR>Originally published in 1897, this sensitive translation by Washington Matthews (1843-1905) contains an extensive version of the Origin Legend plus two other tales. These richly detailed legends remain among the most complete sources of Navajo cultural, ritual, and ceremonial information.<BR>This edition is fully faithful to the original, containing Matthews's introduction, extensive notes, interlinear prayer translations, and musical notations, plus a note on modern orthography by Robert W. Young.<BR>Washington Matthews, army major and surgeon, was based in the Southwest. He was one of the earliest recorders of Navajo culture.