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INDEX 



Memory, medicine to aid 101 



Menstrual customs 34- 



35, 97, 101, 240 



Midwife, activities of 87 



Milk taboo 179, 199 



Moon, diseases caused by 22 



Mooney, James — 



paper dedicated to xvii 



work of xvii, 2, 5, 6 



Mountain laurel, use of 203, 220 



Mountain people, the cause of 



accidents 18 



Mullein, use of 216, 255 



Myth of the Two Thunder 



Boys 197-198 



Names, change of, to cure dis- 

 ease 63, 68 



Naming customs 127 



Nausea, formula for 245 



Nicotiana rustica — 



cultivation of 91 



use of 170,171,230,241,285 



Numbers, sacred 52 



Nyssa multiflora, use of 218, 



283, 308 



Nyssa sylvatica, use of 222 



Og., a medicine man, character- 

 ization of 112-113 



Olbrechts, Margriet, ac- 

 knowledgment to XV 



Omens — 



belief in 



of death 



Orientation in burials 



Orontium aquaticum, use of_. 



OSMUNDA CINNAMOMEA, USC of-_ 



Owl, belief concerning 



OXYDENDRON ARBOREUM, USe of . 



37 



133 



138 



76 



228 



29 



222, 



283 



Pains, formulas for. 172, 202, 205, 216, 



220, 238, 252, 257, 266, 268, 302 



Panax trifolium — 



collected and dried 91 



use of 171, 202, 230, 289 



Paraphernalia of medicineman. 58, 59 

 Parsley, used as an abortive. _ 118 

 Parturition. See Childbirth. 

 Pedicularia canadensis, use of. 275 

 Persimmon, medicinal use of. 275, 298 

 Persimmon wood, stamper 



made of 293 



Petroselinum sativum, use of. 118 

 Phlox stolonifera, use of 277 



Page 

 Phonetic symbols and abbre- 

 viations 1 1-13 



Pickering, John, loss of manu- 

 script by 1 



Pine — 



medicinal use of 119, 188 



use of, to purify dwellings. 139 



PiNUS PUNGENS, USe of 119 



Pitcher plant, use of 101 



Placenta — 



disposal of 126 



means for expelling 126 



Plants, medicinal — 



collection of 55 



cultivation of 91 



gathering of 90,91 



preparation of 55-57 



use of 53-54,82 



Platanus occidentalis, use of. 200, 

 244, 246, 298 



Poison ivy, medicinal use of 198 



Polystichum acrostichoides, 



use of 228 



Poplar, medicinal use of bark 



of 177, 286 



Portheranthus trifoliatus, 



use of 204 



Prayers — 



for gathering medicine 150 



for long life 150 



for protection 149-150 



use of the term 148 



Pregnancy — 



beliefs concerning 35 



customs connected with. 118-122 

 formula of ceremony for.. 195 



taboos connected with 18, 



120-122 



Priber, Christian, lost manu- 

 script by 1 



Priest — 



activities of 85-86 



use of the term 85 



See also Medicine men. 



Prognosis, Cherokee 41-42 



Property, buried with the dead. 134- 



135 



Prunus pennsylvanica, use of. 275 



Prunus serotina, use of 170 



Prunus virginiana, use of 170, 



199, 277, 298 



Puffb ALL, use of 124 



