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Page<br />
Abortion, attitude toward 117<br />
Accidents, belief concerning 17<br />
AcoRUS CALAMUS, use of 288<br />
ACTAEA ALBA, USC of 277<br />
Adiantum PEDATUM, use of 228<br />
Aesculus pavia, use of 239<br />
After life, beliefs concerning 140-144<br />
Agrimonia parviflora, use of. 274<br />
Agrimony, use of 274<br />
Alder—<br />
cultivation of 91<br />
medicinal use of 185,<br />
216, 218, 219, 246, 257, 298, 308<br />
Alnus rugosa—<br />
cultivation of 91<br />
use of 185,<br />
216, 218, 219, 246, 257, 308<br />
Alnus serrulata, use of 185,<br />
219, 298<br />
Amelanchier canadensis, use<br />
of 283<br />
Ampelopsis cordata, use of _ 254, 283<br />
Amulets, sickness averted by__ 74<br />
Anatomy, lack of knowledge of_ 90<br />
Animal ghosts, disease caused<br />
by 27,182,207<br />
Animal spirits, belief in 25<br />
Animals, beliefs concerning 27<br />
Ants, belief concerning 174<br />
Aplectrum hiemale, use of 128<br />
Apoplexy, formula for 230<br />
Aristolochia macrophylla,<br />
use of 288<br />
Aristolochia serpentaria, use<br />
of 177, 224, 286<br />
Arrowhead used for scarifying. 69<br />
Asarum canadense, use of- _ 209, 252<br />
Babies, medicated bath for 76<br />
Ball game, part taken in, by<br />
medicine man 91<br />
Bark—<br />
decoction of, used in sweatbath<br />
297<br />
medicinal use of 185,<br />
198, 199, 200, 218<br />
Baths, sweat and vapor 61<br />
INDEX<br />
Beads—<br />
Page<br />
use of, in diagnosis 41<br />
use of, in divination __ 59, 152, 304<br />
used in prognosis 42<br />
Beliefs—<br />
changes in 77-78<br />
traced to white influence 78-79<br />
Betula LENTA, use of 102<br />
Betula NIGRA, use of 200<br />
Big Cove, work conducted at__ 7<br />
Biliousness, formula for 297<br />
Birth, customs connected with. 116-<br />
Black gum tree—<br />
127<br />
use of bark of 218<br />
use of roots of 283, 308<br />
Black Man, belief in 24<br />
Blisters, formulas for. _ 167, 210, 250<br />
Blowing tube, use of, in medicine<br />
58, 60<br />
Blue Man, power of 24<br />
Boas, Franz, acknowledgment<br />
to XV<br />
Boils—<br />
preventive of 77<br />
treatment for 299, 300-301<br />
Botany, medicine man's knowledge<br />
of 88,89<br />
BoTRYCHiuM virginianum, use<br />
of 177<br />
Bowel troubles, formulas for. 167,<br />
274, 284<br />
Bugbane, white, use of 277<br />
Bulrush—<br />
cultivation of 91<br />
medicinal use of 198<br />
Burial customs 121, 122, 134-140<br />
Burs, symbolic use of 101<br />
Button SNAKEROOT, use of 76<br />
Buzzard, dead, used as a prophylactic<br />
76<br />
Cabins, Cherokee, manner of<br />
building 292<br />
Calamus, use of 288<br />
Calycanthus fertilis, use of__ 253<br />
311
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