INDEX 



Page 



Abortion, attitude toward 117 



Accidents, belief concerning 17 



AcoRUS CALAMUS, use of 288 



ACTAEA ALBA, USC of 277 



Adiantum PEDATUM, use of 228 



Aesculus pa via, use of 239 



After life, beliefs concerning 140-144 

 Agrimonia parviflora, use of. 274 



Agrimony, use of 274 



Alder — 



cultivation of 91 



medicinal use of 185, 



216, 218, 219, 246, 257, 298, 308 

 Alnus rugosa — 



cultivation of 91 



use of 185, 



216, 218, 219, 246, 257, 308 



Alnus serrulata, use of 185, 



219, 298 

 Amelanchier canadensis, use 



of 283 



Ampelopsis cordata, use of _ 254, 283 

 Amulets, sickness averted by__ 74 

 Anatomy, lack of knowledge of_ 90 

 Animal ghosts, disease caused 



by 27,182,207 



Animal spirits, belief in 25 



Animals, beliefs concerning 27 



Ants, belief concerning 174 



Aplectrum hiemale, use of 128 



Apoplexy, formula for 230 



Aristolochia macrophylla, 



use of 288 



Aristolochia serpentaria, use 



of 177, 224, 286 



Arrowhead used for scarifying. 69 

 Asarum canadense, use of- _ 209, 252 



Babies, medicated bath for 76 



Ball game, part taken in, by 



medicine man 91 



Bark — 



decoction of, used in sweat- 

 bath 297 



medicinal use of 185, 



198, 199, 200, 218 

 Baths, sweat and vapor 61 



Page 

 Beads — 



use of, in diagnosis 41 



use of, in divination __ 59, 152, 304 



used in prognosis 42 



Beliefs — 



changes in 77-78 



traced to white influence 78-79 



Betula LENTA, use of 102 



Betula NIGRA, use of 200 



Big Cove, work conducted at__ 7 



Biliousness, formula for 297 



Birth, customs connected with. 116- 



127 

 Black gum tree — 



use of bark of 218 



use of roots of 283, 308 



Black Man, belief in 24 



Blisters, formulas for. _ 167, 210, 250 

 Blowing tube, use of, in medi- 

 cine 58, 60 



Blue Man, power of 24 



Boas, Franz, acknowledgment 



to XV 



Boils — 



preventive of 77 



treatment for 299, 300-301 



Botany, medicine man's knowl- 

 edge of 88,89 



BoTRYCHiuM virginianum, use 



of 177 



Bowel troubles, formulas for. 167, 



274, 284 



Bugbane, white, use of 277 



Bulrush — 



cultivation of 91 



medicinal use of 198 



Burial customs 121, 122, 134-140 



Burs, symbolic use of 101 



Button SNAKEROOT, use of 76 



Buzzard, dead, used as a pro- 

 phylactic 76 



Cabins, Cherokee, manner of 



building 292 



Calamus, use of 288 



Calycanthus fertilis, use of__ 253 



311 



