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INDEX 



Page 



Snakes — 



attitude toward 185 



belief concerning 185 



reverence for 177 



SoLiDAGO, use of 275 



Sore eyes, formulas for 167 



Sorrel-tree, use of 283 



Soul — 



beliefs concerning 16, 117 



Cherokee conception of_ 140-141 



V survival of 142-143 



SouRV/ooD, use of 222, 283 



Speck, Frank G., acknowledg- 

 ment to XV 



Specularia perpoliata, use of _ 239 



Speedwell, common, use of 277 



Spigelia MARiLANDiCA, use of- 214,249 

 Spirits — 



animal, belief in 25 



anthropomorphic, of the 



Cherokee 19-25 



belief in power of 19-29 



disease-causing 42-50 



eliminating disease 43-50 



Spotted cowbane, use of 117 



Spurge, use of 180, 307 



Squirrel, taboo concerning 120 



Stamper, persimmon-wood, use 



of 59, 62 



Standley, Paul C, acknowl- 

 edgment to XV, 



Stirling, M. W., acknowledg- 

 ment to XV 



Stomach trouble — 



baby's, formula for 284 



See also Indigestion. 



Stone knives, Mohammedan 



use of 59 



Sucking horn, use of 72-73 



Suicide rare among Cherokee- - 144 



Sumac, medicinal use of 130, 251 



Summer grape, use of 253, 283 



Sun — 



association of, with disease- 20-21 



beliefs concerning 19-21 



prayers offered to 20 



Surgery in Cherokee curing 



methods 68-73 



Swanton, John R., acknowl- 

 edgment to XV 



Swayney, work conducted at-- 7 



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SWEATBATH 



bark decoction used in 297 



described 61 



object of 61 



Sweet flag, use of 288 



Swellings, treatment for 299 



Swimmer, brief account of 7 



Swimmer manuscript, loss of-- 1 



Sycamore, medicinal use of 200, 



244, 298 

 Symbolism — 



in medicinal plants 53-54 



in medicine 63, 120 



of color 51 



Symptoms of diseases, value 



attached to 16-17 



T., a medicine man, characteri- 

 zation of 111-112 



Table mountain pine, use of-- 119 

 Taboos — 



belief concerning 15 



concerning birds 66 



concerning corjjse 136 



connected witli pregnancy. 120- 



122 



diet, in sickness 64-65, 



179, 199 



food, basis for 82 



for husbands 121-122 



for medicine men 103, 136 



for mother, after childbirth. 127 



for rheumatic patients 293-294 



in treatment of sickness 64—66 



menstrual 34, 101 



results of violation of 38 



sexual 66 



See also Restrictions. 



Teeth, custom concerning 308 



Tephrosia virginiana, use of. 128 

 Terrapin shell, use of, for 



medicine 59 



Thomas, W. H., loss of manu- 

 script by 1 



Throat troubles, formulas for. 167 



Thrush, formula for 259 



Thunder — 



association of, with disease. 24 

 beliefs concerning 23-24 



TiLIA AMERICANA, USC of 244 



Tithymalopsis corollata, use 



of 180, 307 



