INDEX 



315 



Page 



Initiation of medicine man 99-104 



Insects, belief concerning 29 



Iris VERNA, use of 288 



Ironwood BARK, uscof 200,265 



Itching, formula for 173, 286 



Jo., a medicine man, charac- 

 terization of 113-114 



JoE-PYE-wEED, use of 262 



JuD., a medicine man, charac- 

 terization of 114-115 



JuGLANS nigra, taboo concern- 

 ing 120-121 



JuNcus EFFTJSUS, use of 198 



Kalmia latifolia, use of 203, 220 



Kidney disease, formula for. 179, 199 

 Knives, stone, Mohammedan 



use of 59 



Ladyslipper, medicinal use of- _ 249 

 Lambert, Jessie, acknowledg- 

 ment to XV 



Language — 



Cherokee, study of 10 



ritual 160-165 



Lappula virginiana, use of 174 



Laurel, used for scarification. _ 70 

 Legerdemain, use of, by medi- 

 cine men 93, 94 



Leucothoe catesbaei, use of. 203, 220 



LiLiuM canadense, use of 128 



LiMETREE, medicinal use of 244 



Linum usitatissimum, use of__ 243 



LiRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA, USe 



of 177, 286, 298 



Little People — 



beliefs concerning 25 



the cause of accidents 18 



Little Red Men, belief in 23, 24 



LiVERLEAF, use of 209, 252 



Lobelia cardinalis — 



cultivation of 91 



use of 216 



Lobelia spicata, use of 226 



Loosestrife, use of 254, 307 



Louse WORT, use of 275 



Love attraction, formulas used 



for 154 



Lysimachia quadrifolia, use 



of 254, 307 



Magnolia acuminata, use of__ 298 



Malus malus, use of 199 



Man-killers — 



conception of 29 



methods of 33 



Massage, use of, in illness 62 



Page 

 Mayflower, use of 252 



Measure worm, disease attrib- 

 uted to 293 



Medical practitioners, num- 

 ber of, among Cherokee 7 



Medical treatment, efficacy 

 of 81-83 



Medicinal knowledge, uncon- 



taminated by whites 78 



Medicine — 



administration of 56-57,60 



animal elements in 52,57 



Cherokee 52-59 



disposal of, after use 57 



external application of 60-61 



mineral elements in 57 



of the whites, Cherokee at- 

 titude toward 108 



use of water in 57 



See also Diseases; Formu- 

 las; Sickness. 



Medicine dance, object of 75 



Medicine men — 



activities of 85 



anatomical knowledge of _ _ 90 



assistance of, in childbirth- 123, 



125 



attitude toward 93 



botanical knowledge of 88,89 



canonization of 88 



classes of 84r-88 



fees of 95-97 



importance and influence 



of -83, 92 



instruction for career of.. 100-103 



paraphernalia of -' 58-59 



personalities of, described.. 109- 



119 



place of, in warfare 91 



professional ethics of 93-95 



qualifications for 99 



relations between 98 



scope of knowledge of 88-91 



sincerity of 93,95 



social status of 91-93 



status of, in ball game 91 



succession to office of 105 



supernatural power of 18 



use of the term 84, 85 



See also Divinators; 

 Priests. 



Medicine men's society, ex- 

 istence of, doubtful 97-98 



Medicine women, scarcity of.. 84 



