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inserted into the pith at the end of the shaft and neatly bound to it 
with sinew. Other arrows made by boys for sport were tipped with 
the butt of a French or wire nail. The feathers, commonly taken from 
the quail and hawk, are three in number, and are fastened to the shaft 
with sinew or with pitch. The pithy stems are also valued, on account 
of their lightness, for the manufacture of baskets used by women 
for carrying babies. A@’-/us is the Wailaki name for the bush, and 
shon'-a-hi is the name used by the Little Lake Indians. 
Ribes californicum Hook. & Arn. 
(ol-le’ (Yuki).—The common thorny gooseberry of the region, 
which has a light-red fruit from } to $ inch in diameter, thickly cov- 
ered with sharp bristles. It is rather common on dry, rocky hillsides, 
especially southward. The fruit has a very agreeable, acid taste, but 
it requires some skill to avoid the prickles. Children eat the fruit 
directly from the bushes, but some of the older Indians occasionally 
collect it in quantity and singe off the prickles in a basket with red hot 
coals before eating it. Lda is the Pomo name for the bush and 
ti-ra-tit’ the Yokia name. 
Ribes divaricatum Doug]. 
Al-te"-héz'-mil (Yuki).—The smooth-fruited species of gooseberry, 
which grows plentifully in damp ground in canyons, on northern hill- 
sides, and in bushy meadows throughout the region, especially in 
Round Valley. It has a small black berry which is very juicy and 
delicious. It fruits well and is eagerly sought after by old and young. 
Tellima affinis (Gray) Boland. 
Kin-got-go' sé (Yuki).—A slender perennial about a foot in height, 
with a tuberous rootstock, small, palmately-lobed root and stem leaves, 
and a short raceme of white flowers which have five irregularly cut 
petals. One individual informed me that the root was chewed to relieve 
colds or stomach ache, but this information was not volunteered by 
others, and it may, therefore, be erroneous. 
Therofon elatum (Nutt.) Greene. 
No Indian name was learned for this delicate aromatic-scented peren- 
nial, sometimes known as Loyhinia elata, which grows about a foot in 
height on wet, mossy banks near the creek, in deep canyons. It has 
large, thin, palmately-lobed leaves and a terminal raceme of small white 
flowers. A Yuki Indian informed me that the roots were used medici- 
nally, but for what particular purpose he did not know. 
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