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Initiation of medicine man 99-104
Insects, belief concerning 29
Iris VERNA, use of 288
Ironwood BARK, uscof 200,265
Itching, formula for 173, 286
Jo., a medicine man, characterization
of 113-114
JoE-PYE-wEED, use of 262
JuD., a medicine man, characterization
of 114-115
JuGLANS nigra, taboo concerning
120-121
JuNcus EFFTJSUS, use of 198
Kalmia latifolia, use of 203, 220
Kidney disease, formula for. 179, 199
Knives, stone, Mohammedan
use of 59
Ladyslipper, medicinal use of- _ 249
Lambert, Jessie, acknowledgment
to XV
Language—
Cherokee, study of 10
ritual 160-165
Lappula virginiana, use of 174
Laurel, used for scarification. _ 70
Legerdemain, use of, by medicine
men 93, 94
Leucothoe catesbaei, use of. 203, 220
LiLiuM canadense, use of 128
LiMETREE, medicinal use of 244
Linum usitatissimum, use of__ 243
LiRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA, USe
of 177, 286, 298
Little People—
beliefs concerning 25
the cause of accidents 18
Little Red Men, belief in 23, 24
LiVERLEAF, use of 209, 252
Lobelia cardinalis—
cultivation of 91
use of 216
Lobelia spicata, use of 226
Loosestrife, use of 254, 307
Louse WORT, use of 275
Love attraction, formulas used
for 154
Lysimachia quadrifolia, use
of 254, 307
Magnolia acuminata, use of__ 298
Malus malus, use of 199
Man-killers—
conception of 29
methods of 33
Massage, use of, in illness 62
INDEX 315
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Mayflower, use of 252
Measure worm, disease attributed
to 293
Medical practitioners, number
of, among Cherokee 7
Medical treatment, efficacy
of 81-83
Medicinal knowledge, uncontaminated
by whites 78
Medicine—
administration of 56-57,60
animal elements in 52,57
Cherokee 52-59
disposal of, after use 57
external application of 60-61
mineral elements in 57
of the whites, Cherokee at-
titude toward 108
use of water in 57
See also Diseases; Formulas;
Sickness.
Medicine dance, object of 75
Medicine men—
activities of 85
anatomical knowledge of _ _ 90
assistance of, in childbirth- 123,
125
attitude toward 93
botanical knowledge of 88,89
canonization of 88
classes of 84r-88
fees of 95-97
importance and influence
of -83, 92
instruction for career of.. 100-103
paraphernalia of -' 58-59
personalities of, described.. 109-
119
place of, in warfare 91
professional ethics of 93-95
qualifications for 99
relations between 98
scope of knowledge of 88-91
sincerity of 93,95
social status of 91-93
status of, in ball game 91
succession to office of 105
supernatural power of 18
use of the term 84, 85
See also Divinators;
Priests.
Medicine men's society, existence
of, doubtful 97-98
Medicine women, scarcity of.. 84