Note 77 — Observations, and arguments, in proof of the American Indians being descended from the Jews. (continued 4)

There was a similar superstition as to the power of witches—that they could assume animal forms. Kingsborough, Antiquities of Mexico, VI, 121. Supplementing incantations, the Indians resorted to the regimen of abstinence, but also to herbs. Among these: lobelia, sassafras, white nettle, swamp-lily, may-apple, ginseng, white-root, wild senna, etc. The best list and account is by Mooney, Sacred Formulas, 322 et seq. See others mentioned by Adair, on p. 388 post.