INDEX 



317 



Page 

 PxTRiPiCATiON RITES, observance 



of 103-104, 138, 139 



Purple Man, associated with 



magic 24 



Putty root, use of 128 



QuERCUS ALBA, medicinal use of. 244 



QUERCUS FALCATA, USe of 199 



QuERCUS MIBRICARIA, USe of 199 



QuERCUS RUBRA, medicinal use 



of 244 



QuERCUS STELLATA, USe of 200 



Rabbit, taboo concerning 120 



Rainmakers, almost extinct — 87 

 Raspberry, medicinal use of — 246 



Rattle, restricted vise of 59 



Rattlesnake, teeth of, used 



for scarification 70 



Rattlesnake fern, use of-- 176, 177 



Rattleweed, use of 277 



Red buckeye, medicinal use of _ 239 



Red oak, medicinal use of 244 



Reincarnation of animals 27-28 



Restrictions, observance of, to 



prevent sickness 73-74 



Rheumatism — 



diet for 1 65 



food taboos for 293 



formulas for 167, 196, 292 



remedy for 53-54 



treatment for 196 



Rhododendron maximum, use 



of 203, 204, 220 



Rhus copallina, use of 251 



Rhus glabra, use of 130, 251 



Rhus hirta, use of 251 



Rhus (toxicodendron) radi- 



CANs, use of 198 



Richweed, use of 209 



Rite of purification, observ- 

 ance of 103-104 



Ritual language — 



sources of 161-162 



use of 160-165 



River — 



beliefs concerning 22-23 



disease sent by 23 



ritual connected with 85 



symbolic conception of 191 



Roots — 



collected and dried 91 



water-growing, medicinal 



use of 247 



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 RuBus nigrobaccus, use of — 253 



RUBUS OCCIDENT ALIS, USC of 246 



RuBUS STRUGOSUS, USC of 246 



Rubus villosus, use of 253 



Sacred numbers — 



discussed 52 



in formula 199 



reference to 244 



use of, in medicine 54 



Saliva, belief concerning 15 



Salix alba, use of 199 



Salt — 



belief concerning 121 



placed in burials 134 



tabooed in sickness 64-65 



Sarracenia purpurea, use of_- 101 

 Scarification — 



in treatment of ailments 69 



instruments used for 69-71 



of ball players 68-69,70 



See also Scratching 

 ceremony. 



SciRPUs validus, use of 198 



Scratching ceremony, for- 

 mulas for 167,203,207,212 



Sequoya syllabary, use of 3-4 



Serviceberry, use of 283 



Sexual taboos 66 



Shadbush, use of 283 



Shaler, Millard H., acknowl- 

 edgment to XV 



Shell, terrapin, use of 59 



Sickness — 



Cherokee attitude toward- 80-81 



seclusion in 83 



See also Diseases; 

 Medicine. 

 Singing, Cherokee, character- 

 istics of 155 



Skunk, use of, as a prophy- 

 lactic 76 



Slippery elm, medicinal use of 119, 



244 

 Smallpox, preventives used 



against 76 



Snake bites, formulas for 167, 



176, 240 



Snake dreams, formulas for 167 



Snake tooth, used in scratching 



operation 203 



Snakeroot, black, use of 277 



Snakeroot, Virginia, use of. 177, 286 



