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316 INDEX<br />
Memory, medicine to aid 101<br />
Menstrual customs 34-<br />
35, 97, 101, 240<br />
Midwife, activities of 87<br />
Milk taboo 179, 199<br />
Moon, diseases caused by 22<br />
Mooney, James—<br />
paper dedicated to xvii<br />
work of xvii, 2, 5, 6<br />
Mountain laurel, use of 203, 220<br />
Mountain people, the cause of<br />
accidents 18<br />
Mullein, use of 216, 255<br />
Myth of the Two Thunder<br />
Boys 197-198<br />
Names, change of, to cure disease<br />
63, 68<br />
Naming customs 127<br />
Nausea, formula for 245<br />
Nicotiana rustica—<br />
cultivation of 91<br />
use of 170,171,230,241,285<br />
Numbers, sacred 52<br />
Nyssa multiflora, use of 218,<br />
283, 308<br />
Nyssa sylvatica, use of 222<br />
Og., a medicine man, characterization<br />
of 112-113<br />
Olbrechts, Margriet, acknowledgment<br />
to XV<br />
Omens—<br />
belief in<br />
of death<br />
Orientation in burials<br />
Orontium aquaticum, use of_.<br />
OSMUNDA CINNAMOMEA, USC of-_<br />
Owl, belief concerning<br />
OXYDENDRON ARBOREUM, USe of<br />
.<br />
37<br />
133<br />
138<br />
76<br />
228<br />
29<br />
222,<br />
283<br />
Pains, formulas for. 172, 202, 205, 216,<br />
220, 238, 252, 257, 266, 268, 302<br />
Panax trifolium—<br />
collected and dried 91<br />
use of 171, 202, 230, 289<br />
Paraphernalia of medicineman. 58, 59<br />
Parsley, used as an abortive. _ 118<br />
Parturition. See Childbirth.<br />
Pedicularia canadensis, use of. 275<br />
Persimmon, medicinal use of. 275, 298<br />
Persimmon wood, stamper<br />
made of 293<br />
Petroselinum sativum, use of. 118<br />
Phlox stolonifera, use of 277<br />
Page<br />
Phonetic symbols and abbreviations<br />
1 1-13<br />
Pickering, John, loss of manu-<br />
script by<br />
Pine—<br />
medicinal use of<br />
1<br />
119, 188<br />
use of, to purify dwellings. 139<br />
PiNUS PUNGENS, USe of 119<br />
Pitcher plant, use of<br />
Placenta—<br />
101<br />
disposal of 126<br />
means for expelling 126<br />
Plants, medicinal—<br />
collection of 55<br />
cultivation of 91<br />
gathering of 90,91<br />
preparation of 55-57<br />
use of 53-54,82<br />
Platanus occidentalis, use of. 200,<br />
244, 246, 298<br />
Poison ivy, medicinal use of 198<br />
Polystichum acrostichoides,<br />
use of 228<br />
Poplar, medicinal use of bark<br />
of 177, 286<br />
Portheranthus trifoliatus,<br />
use of 204<br />
Prayers—<br />
for gathering medicine 150<br />
for long life 150<br />
for protection 149-150<br />
use of the term 148<br />
Pregnancy—<br />
beliefs concerning 35<br />
customs connected with. 118-122<br />
formula of ceremony for.. 195<br />
taboos connected with 18,<br />
Priber, Christian, lost<br />
120-122<br />
manuscript<br />
by<br />
Priest—<br />
1<br />
activities of 85-86<br />
use of the term<br />
See also Medicine men.<br />
85<br />
Prognosis, Cherokee 41-42<br />
Property, buried with the dead. 134-<br />
135<br />
Prunus pennsylvanica, use of. 275<br />
Prunus serotina, use of 170<br />
Prunus virginiana, use of 170,<br />
Puffb ALL, use of<br />
199, 277, 298<br />
124