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312 INDEX
Camptosortjs rhizophtllus,
use of 209
Cardinal flower—
cultivation of 91
use of 216
Carpinus caroliniana, use of- 200,
265
Castanea pumila, use of 200
Catamenial customs 34—35,
97, 101, 246
Cemetery, location chosen for. 136
Ceremony—
for pregnant women. 195,118-119
of going to the water 118-119,
233-235, 291, 306
Charms, sickness averted by 74
Cherokee dialects 10
Cherokee Indians—
attitude of, toward whites. _ 8
present life of 8
Cherokee language, study of _ 10
Cherokee manuscripts and
MATERIAL, loss of 1
Cherokee text, method of reconstituting
3-5
Cherry, wild, use of 170, 275
Child life 128-131
Childbirth—
complications in 125
customs connected with._ 122-127
formulas to aid in 167,
274, 278-279
medicine used in 53, 119
Children—
clothing of 128
food of 128
formula for 284
games of 129
hygienic condition of 128-129
intelligence of 129
method of carrying 129
naming of 127
trained to become witches. 129-130
Chills, formulas for 167,
169, 200, 227, 277
Chinquapin, medicinal use of. 200, 211
Chokecherry, use of 170,
199, 277, 298
CicuTA maculata, use of 117
Cimicifuga racemosa, use of__ 277
CiRcuMAMBULATioN ill treatment
of disease 63-64
Clematis virginiana, use of.. 288
Clethra acuminata, use of.. 192, 218
Clothing—
of a corpse 134
women's, manner of wearing
247
Coffin maker, office of 136
Cohosh, black, use of 277
Collinsonia canadensis, use
of 209
Color symbolism 51
Community spirit among the
Cherokee 80-81
Conception, Cherokee belief
concerning 1 16-117
Conjurations—
against witches 152
agricultural 152-153
for curing 151
for hunting and fishing 153
for using tobacco 151
formulas used in, with
beads 152
use of the term 149
Contraceptives—
attitude toward 117
Cherokee knowledge of _ _ 117-118
CoRNUS FLORIDA, use of 199,283
Coronilla VARiA, use of 198
CORYLUS AMERICANA, USe of 218
CowBANE, use of 117
C. R. B. Educational Foundation
(Inc.), New York,
acknowledgment to xv
Cucumber tree, use of 298
Culture, Cherokee, loss of
knowledge of 78
Curing—
methods used in 60-64
procedure in 67-68
See also Diseases; Formulas;
Medicine; Surgery.
Cynoglossum virginianum, use
of 174
Cypripedium parviflorum, use
of 249
Cystopteris fragilis, use of.. 228
Dances after burials 139
Dasystoma FLA va, use of 193
Daststoma virginica, use of. . 244
Death—
customs connected with.. 131-134
foretelling of 133