312 



INDEX 



Camptosortjs rhizophtllus, 

 use of 209 



Cardinal flower — 



cultivation of 91 



use of 216 



Carpinus caroliniana, use of- 200, 



265 



Castanea pumila, use of 200 



Catamenial customs 34—35, 



97, 101, 246 



Cemetery, location chosen for. 136 



Ceremony — 



for pregnant women. 195,118-119 



of going to the water 118-119, 



233-235, 291, 306 



Charms, sickness averted by 74 



Cherokee dialects 10 



Cherokee Indians — 



attitude of, toward whites. _ 8 



present life of 8 



Cherokee language, study of _ 10 



Cherokee manuscripts and 



MATERIAL, loss of 1 



Cherokee text, method of re- 

 constituting 3-5 



Cherry, wild, use of 170, 275 



Child life 128-131 



Childbirth — 



complications in 125 



customs connected with._ 122-127 



formulas to aid in 167, 



274, 278-279 



medicine used in 53, 119 



Children — 



clothing of 128 



food of 128 



formula for 284 



games of 129 



hygienic condition of 128-129 



intelligence of 129 



method of carrying 129 



naming of 127 



trained to become witches. 129-130 



Chills, formulas for 167, 



169, 200, 227, 277 

 Chinquapin, medicinal use of. 200, 211 



Chokecherry, use of 170, 



199, 277, 298 



CicuTA maculata, use of 117 



Cimicifuga racemosa, use of__ 277 

 CiRcuMAMBULATioN ill treat- 

 ment of disease 63-64 



Clematis virginiana, use of.. 288 



Clethra acuminata, use of.. 192, 218 

 Clothing — 



of a corpse 134 



women's, manner of wear- 

 ing 247 



Coffin maker, office of 136 



Cohosh, black, use of 277 



Collinsonia canadensis, use 



of 209 



Color symbolism 51 



Community spirit among the 



Cherokee 80-81 



Conception, Cherokee belief 



concerning 1 16-117 



Conjurations — 



against witches 152 



agricultural 152-153 



for curing 151 



for hunting and fishing 153 



for using tobacco 151 



formulas used in, with 



beads 152 



use of the term 149 



Contraceptives — 



attitude toward 117 



Cherokee knowledge of _ _ 117-118 



CoRNUS FLORIDA, use of 199,283 



Coronilla VARiA, use of 198 



CORYLUS AMERICANA, USe of 218 



CowBANE, use of 117 



C. R. B. Educational Founda- 

 tion (Inc.), New York, 



acknowledgment to xv 



Cucumber tree, use of 298 



Culture, Cherokee, loss of 



knowledge of 78 



Curing — 



methods used in 60-64 



procedure in 67-68 



See also Diseases; Formu- 

 las; Medicine; Sur- 

 gery. 

 Cynoglossum virginianum, use 



of 174 



Cypripedium parviflorum, use 



of 249 



Cystopteris fragilis, use of.. 228 



Dances after burials 139 



Dasystoma FLA va, use of 193 



Daststoma virginica, use of. . 244 

 Death — 



customs connected with.. 131-134 

 foretelling of 133 



