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VI CONTENTS Disease and its treatment—Continued. Tagt Prophylaxis Change from within—Influence from without 73 77 Attitude of the community toward the sick 80 Efficacy of treatment 81 Tlie medicine man 83 Different classes 84 Scope of knowledge 88 Social status 91 Professional ethics 93 The medicine man's fee 95 Mutual relations 97 Initiation 99 Diffusion of knowledge 104 Succession and inheritance 105 Skepticism 106 Attitude toward white culture Personalities—Individual differences 107 109 Birth - 116 Sexual life 116 Conception Abortus—Contraceptives 116 117 During pregnancy 118 Pregnant woman's taboos 120 Husband's taboos 121 Partus 122 Afterbirth 126 Care for child—Child life Raising the child to become a witch—Twins 128 129 Death and afterlife 131 Death 131 Between death and burial 134 Burial 136 After burial 138 Afterlife 140 The soul 141 Survival of the soul 142 Suicide 144 Tragical deaths 144 The formulas 144 Name 144 Origin 146 Kinds 146 Prayers 149 For protection 149 For long life 150 For gathering medicine 150 Conj urations 151 For curing 151 For using tobacco 151 For examining with the beads 152 Against witches 152 Agricultural 152 For hunting and fishing 153
CONTENTS The formulas—Continued. Kinds—Continued. Page Incantations 153 "To change" _ 153 To kill 154 For love attraction 154 For making unattractive 155 For separating 155 How the formulas are recited or sung How the formulas are considered by the laity and by the medicine 155 men 156 Technique of writing the formulas 157 Structure of the formulas 159 The ritual language 160 Cherokee Texts 1. (For) the big chill this is the medicine 167 2. And this is (for) when their heads are ill 170 3. This is the medicine when they are sick with sharp pains 171 4. This is to cure with, when they have them itching 173 5. If snakes have bitten them, this is the medicine 175 6. This is to cure with, to give it to them to drink when they are sick with "eaters" 7. This is when they are sick Avith the "yellow" 180 8. This is the medicine for their navel ^ 182 9. This (is for) when they have them drooping 184 10. When they have them drooping, this is the medicine 185 11. (For) their navel, this is the medicine 186 12. This is the medicine (if) simulators have made it resemble it (i. e., a real sickness) 187 This (is for) when they have their heads aching 188 Their navel, this is the medicine (for) 189 This is the medicine for their navel 190 This is to treat (them) with if the raccoon causes them to be ill 192 And another one if the little ones have diarrhea 193 This is to take people to the water with 193 This is to treat (them) with (when) he habitually breaks them (i. e., rheumatism) 196 This (is) to treat (them) with when they have dreamed of snakes; (what) to give them to drink, and (how) it is to be said 196 This (is) to cure (them) with whenever they have lost their voice 198 And this (is) for the purpose (of treating them) when they urinate (like) milk 199 This (is) to blow their heads with; the medicine (which is) to be used with it is told below 200 This (is) the treatment for their breast 201 This (is) for using the snake tooth at the scratching of them 202 This is the treatment whenever they are ill with the "yellow" 204 This (is) for when they become iU suddenly 205 This is to scratch them; a brier should be used with it This is the medicine (for) when their breast swells 208 This is to treat them with when they have blisters 210 (This is) for the purpose of scratching people, using the snake tooth with it VII 178 205 212
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VI CONTENTS<br />
Disease and its treatment—Continued. Tagt<br />
Prophylaxis<br />
Change from within—Influence from without<br />
73<br />
77<br />
Attitude of the community toward the sick 80<br />
Efficacy of treatment 81<br />
Tlie medicine man 83<br />
Different classes 84<br />
Scope of knowledge 88<br />
Social status 91<br />
Professional ethics 93<br />
The medicine man's fee 95<br />
Mutual relations 97<br />
Initiation 99<br />
Diffusion of knowledge 104<br />
Succession and inheritance 105<br />
Skepticism 106<br />
Attitude toward white culture<br />
Personalities—Individual differences<br />
107<br />
109<br />
Birth - 116<br />
Sexual life<br />
116<br />
Conception<br />
Abortus—Contraceptives<br />
116<br />
117<br />
During pregnancy 118<br />
Pregnant woman's taboos 120<br />
Husband's taboos 121<br />
Partus<br />
122<br />
Afterbirth<br />
126<br />
Care for child—Child life<br />
Raising the child to become a witch—Twins<br />
128<br />
129<br />
Death and afterlife<br />
131<br />
Death<br />
131<br />
Between death and burial 134<br />
Burial<br />
136<br />
After burial<br />
138<br />
Afterlife<br />
140<br />
The soul<br />
141<br />
Survival of the soul<br />
142<br />
Suicide<br />
144<br />
Tragical deaths<br />
144<br />
The formulas<br />
144<br />
Name<br />
144<br />
Origin<br />
146<br />
Kinds<br />
146<br />
Prayers<br />
149<br />
For protection<br />
149<br />
For long life<br />
150<br />
For gathering medicine<br />
150<br />
Conj urations<br />
151<br />
For curing<br />
151<br />
For using tobacco<br />
151<br />
For examining with the beads<br />
152<br />
Against witches<br />
152<br />
Agricultural<br />
152<br />
For hunting and fishing<br />
153
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