The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))

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 Egyptian…

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