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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

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