The medicine-men of the Apache

Ninth Smithsonian Institution. Bureau Of American Ethnology. Annual Report, John Gregory Bourke

Sujets

• Medicine
• Apache
• Indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Southwest
• Shamanism

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• Langue: English
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THE MEDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE.
JOHN O. BOTJRKE,
Third U. S.Captain, Cavalry, Army.
443CONTENTS.
Page.
CHAPTER I. The their modes of theirmedicine-men, treating disease, super-
451etcstitions, paraphernalia,
468Medicine-women
Remedies and modes oftreatment 471
Hair and 474wigs
Mudheads 475
shirts 476Scalp
The or bull roarer 476rhombus,
The cross 479
of human 480Necklaces fingers of teeth 487
The scratch stick 490
reed 493The drinking
II. the of the the sacrificial of theCHAPTER Hoddentin, pollen tule, powder
with remarks sacred and inApache ; upon powders offerings gen-
eral 499
of the Zuni and othersThe 507"kunque"
Use ofthe the Israelites and 517pollen by Egyptians
Hoddentin a food 518prehistoric the of the Aztecs 521yiauhtli
"Bledos" of ancient writers its 522meaning
Tzoalli 523
General use ofthe Indians 528powder among
ofhoddentin 530Analogues
The down ofbirds in ceremonial observances 533
Hair 535powder
Dust from churches its use 537
537Clay-eating
Prehistoric foods used in covenants 540
Sacred breads and cakes 541
Unleavened bread 543
The hot cross buns ofGood 544Friday
Galena 548
III. TheCHAPTER izze-kloth or medicine cord of the 550Apache
to be found the and othersPeruvians, '.'. 558Analogues among Aztecs,
The wind-knotted cords of the and others 560magic Lapps
Rosaries and other mnemonic cords 561
The sacred cords ofthe Parsis and Brahmans 563
Use of cords and knots and in 570girdles parturition
etc 572"Medidas," "measuring cords," "wresting threads,"
Unclassified this 575superstitions upon subject
The medicine hat 580
445446 CONTENTS.
CHAPTER III Continued.
The or dance headdressspirit ghost 585
Amulets and talismans 587
""The tzi-daltai 587
Chalchihuitl 588
Phylacteries 591
Bibliography Q96ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Man 476PLATE III. shirt of Little BigScalp
IV. Necklace ofhuman 480fingers
586V. medicine hat used in or dancespiritApache ghost
shirt 588VI.
VII. medicine shirt 590Apache
VIII. shirt 592
468FIG. 429. Medicine arrow used and Pueblo womenby Apache
of the 477430. Khombus Apache
431. Rhombus ofthe 478
494432. The scratch stick and reeddrinking
hoddentin 500433. Bag containing
434. Nan-ta-do-tash's medicine hat 503
550435. cord (Znui)Single-strand
Four-strand medicine cord 551436. (Apache)
437. Three-strand cord 552
438. Two-strand medicine cord 553
554439. Four-strand cord (Apache)
war bonnet 581440. Apache
441. Ghost dance headdress 582
442. kan or 586(Drawn by Apache)Apache gods.
587443. Tzi-daltai amulets (Apache)
444. amulet 588
445. Tzi-daltai 589(Apache)
589446. amulet
592447. Phylacteries
448. medicine sash 593Apache
447