THE MEDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE.

BY

JOHN G. BOURKE,
Captain, Third Cavalry, U. S. Army.

CONTENTS.

Page.
Chapter I.
The medicine-men, their modes of treating disease, their superstitions, paraphernalia, etc.		[451]
Medicine-women[468]
Remedies and modes of treatment[471]
Hair and wigs[474]
Mudheads[475]
Scalp shirts[476]
The rhombus, or bull roarer[476]
The cross[479]
Necklaces of human fingers[480]
Necklaces of human teeth[487]
The scratch stick[490]
The drinking reed[493]
Chapter II.
Hoddentin, the pollen of the tule, the sacrificial powder of the Apache; with remarks upon sacred powders and offerings in general		[499]
The "kunque" of the Zuñi and others[507]
Use of the pollen by the Israelites and Egyptians[517]
Hoddentin a prehistoric food[518]
Hoddentin the yiauhtli of the Aztecs[521]
"Bledos" of ancient writers—its meaning[522]
Tzoalli[523]
General use of the powder among Indians[528]
Analogues of hoddentin[530]
The down of birds in ceremonial observances[533]
Hair powder[535]
Dust from churches—its use[537]
Clay-eating[537]
Prehistoric foods used in covenants[540]
Sacred breads and cakes[541]
Unleavened bread[543]
The hot cross buns of Good Friday[544]
Galena[548]
Chapter III.
The izze-kloth or medicine cord of the Apache		[550]
Analogues to be found among the Aztecs, Peruvians, and others[558]
The magic wind-knotted cords of the Lapps and others[560]
Rosaries and other mnemonic cords[561]
The sacred cords of the Parsis and Brahmans[563]
Use of cords and knots and girdles in parturition[570]
"Medidas," "measuring cords," "wresting threads," etc.[572]
Unclassified superstitions upon this subject[575]
The medicine hat[580]
The spirit or ghost dance headdress[585]
Amulets and talismans[587]
The "tzi-daltai"[587]
Chalchihuitl[588]
Phylacteries[591]
Bibliography[596]