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318 INDEX
Snakes—
Page
attitude toward 185
belief concerning 185
reverence for 177
SoLiDAGO, use of 275
Sore eyes, formulas for 167
Sorrel-tree, use of 283
Soul— beliefs concerning 16, 117
Cherokee conception of_ 140-141
V survival of 142-143
SouRV/ooD, use of 222, 283
Speck, Frank G., acknowledgment
to XV
Specularia perpoliata, use of _ 239
Speedwell, common, use of 277
Spigelia MARiLANDiCA, use of- 214,249
Spirits—
animal, belief in 25
anthropomorphic, of the
Cherokee 19-25
belief in power of 19-29
disease-causing 42-50
eliminating disease 43-50
Spotted cowbane, use of 117
Spurge, use of 180, 307
Squirrel, taboo concerning 120
Stamper, persimmon-wood, use
of 59, 62
Standley, Paul C, acknowledgment
to XV,
Stirling, M. W., acknowledgment
to XV
Stomach trouble—
baby's, formula for 284
See also Indigestion.
Stone knives, Mohammedan
use of 59
Sucking horn, use of 72-73
Suicide rare among Cherokee- - 144
Sumac, medicinal use of 130, 251
Summer grape, use of 253, 283
Sun— association of, with disease- 20-21
beliefs concerning 19-21
prayers offered to 20
Surgery in Cherokee curing
methods 68-73
Swanton, John R., acknowledgment
to XV
Swayney, work conducted at-- 7
SWEATBATH
Page
bark decoction used in 297
described 61
object of 61
Sweet flag, use of 288
Swellings, treatment for 299
Swimmer, brief account of 7
Swimmer manuscript, loss of-- 1
Sycamore, medicinal use of 200,
244, 298
Symbolism—
in medicinal plants 53-54
in medicine 63, 120
of color 51
Symptoms of diseases, value
attached to 16-17
T., a medicine man, characterization
of 111-112
Table mountain pine, use of-- 119
Taboos—
belief concerning 15
concerning birds 66
concerning corjjse 136
connected witli pregnancy. 120-
122
diet, in sickness 64-65,
179, 199
food, basis for 82
for husbands 121-122
for medicine men 103, 136
for mother, after childbirth. 127
for rheumatic patients 293-294
in treatment of sickness 64—66
menstrual 34, 101
results of violation of 38
sexual 66
See also Restrictions.
Teeth, custom concerning 308
Tephrosia virginiana, use of. 128
Terrapin shell, use of, for
medicine 59
Thomas, W. H., loss of manu-
script by 1
Throat troubles, formulas for. 167
Thrush, formula for 259
Thunder—
association of, with disease. 24
beliefs concerning
23-24
TiLIA AMERICANA, USC of 244
Tithymalopsis corollata, use
of 180, 307