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INDEX 



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Folklore, European, beliefs 



traceable to 78-79 



Food — 



buried with the dead 134 



for children 128 



Formulas — 



age of 163,294 



attitude toward 156, 162 



beliefs concerning 147, 156 



classification of 148 



directions for using__ 157-158, 159 



exchange of 104 



kinds of 146-155 



method of keeping 104,157 



method of writing 158 



origin of 146 



recited or sung 155 



sale of 147, 102-103, 105 



structure of 159 



term used for 144-146 



to avert evil 77 



.vocabulary used in 163-164 



western dialect in 162 



Four, the sacred number 52, 199 



Foxglove, medicinal use of 244 



Fox grape, use of 253 



Fractures, treatment of 71 



Frostbite — 



formulas for 167,258,298 



treatment for 258 



Fungus, use of 124 



Galpin, p. C, acknowledgment 



to XV 



Games of children 129 



Genito-urinary diseases, for- 

 mulas for 167 



Gerardias, use of 192, 193, 273 



Ghosts — 



animal, activities of 26-27 



conception of 142 



human, activities of 26 



See also Spirits. 



Ginseng — 



collected and dried 91 



use of 171,230,289 



Gleditsia triacanthos, use of. 239, 



249 



Glycine apios, cultivation of — 91 



Gnaphalium obtusifolium, use 



of 207, 262 



Goatsrue, use of 128 



Golden Alexander, use of 102 



Goldenclub, use of 76 



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GoLDENROD, use of 275 



Gourd dipper, use of, by medi- 

 cine man 58 



GRAvEbiGGEBS, oflBce of 136 



Graves, beliefs concerning 139-140 



Great laurel, use of 204, 220 



Groundnut, medicinal use of — 230 



Hazelnut, medicinal use of 218 



Headache — 



Cherokee belief concerning. 17 



formulas for 167, 171, 



188, 200, 224, 255, 289, 300 

 Hellebore, American white — 



cultivation of 91 



use of 204,220 



Hemorrhage, treatment of 72 



Henderson, J., acknowledg- 

 ment to XV 



Hepatic A acutilobica, use of. 209, 262 

 Hickory bark, medicinal use 



of 260,273 



Hicori a alba, use of 260, 273 



Hoarseness, remedy for 199 



Hodge, F. W., acknowledg- 

 ment to XV 



Honey locust, medicinal use 



of 239, 249 



Hornbeam, medicinal use of 



barkof 200,265 



Horse balm, use of 209 



Husbands, taboos for 121-122 



Hydrangea arborescens, medi- 

 cinal use of 246 



Hydrangea cinerea, use of 192 



Immortality. See Soul. 



Impatiens biflora, use of__ 119, 125 



I NC antations — 



for love attractions 154 



to cause separation 155 



to change an enemy 153 



to kill 154 



to produce unattractive- 



ness 155 



use of the term 149 



In.d IAN PHYSIC, use of 204 



Indian PINK, use of 214, 249 



Indian POKE, use of 204 



Indigestion, formulas for 167, 



181, 186, 189-192, 217, 239, 

 281, 297. 



I NF ANTS, medicated bath for 76 



Informants, Cherokee 9 



Inheritance of office 105 



