INDIANS OF WASHINGTON TEREITORY. 623 



MEDICINES. 



I have been unable to obtain a complete list, but give the following 

 renjedies, some of which were given in my article on the Twanas: 



Alder buds. — Used for colds and biliousness. They eat them and 

 afterwards drink salt water as an emetic. 



Alder hark. — This they grind in water and drink the infusion as a 

 tonic. 



Barber)^ baric is prepared in the same way as the last, and used to 

 purify the blood. 



Blaclxberry root is used for colds. 



Cedar gum chewed for toothache. 



Cedar leaves are chewed and bound on cuts. 



■Cherry bark prepared as alder bark for a physic and tonic. 



Cottonwood bark, from the body of the tree, after having been soaked 

 in salt water, is ground and used as a medicine. 



Cottonmood buds are also used as a medicine. 



Crahapplebark. — A cold tea is made from this as a wash for the eyes. 



Elder bark. — An infusion taken internally and in a vapor bath is used 

 for diarrhoja. 



Licorice. — Used for colds. 



Oregon grape. — The root and bark are used in the same way as alder 

 bark for skin diseases. 



Rose bark and roots, used as medicine. 



Potatoes, scraped, for burns and scalds. 



Skunk cabbage leaves. — They heat rocks, throw water over them, place 

 leaves on them, and get over the steam for strengthening general de- 

 bility. 



Earth is sometimes bound on bruises. 



Cautery. — Rheumatism is souietimes treated by taking a red-hot iron, 

 stick or small bunch of cedar bark, and burning the flesh to the bone. 



Bloodletting is done by scarifying the body in various places. 



HABITATIONS. 



Dwellings. — Their houses are of nine kinds. The potlatch houses are 

 the only public houses which they have. They are not constructed on 

 a uniform plan. In the account of potlatches will be found a descrip- 

 tion of a house on the Skokomish Reservation and another at Dnngi- 

 ness. One built by the Twana Indians, ten years ago, was somewhat 

 similar, to the one on the reservation, but was larger, being about 50 

 feet wide and 300 feet long. One at Port Angeles"was also somewhat 

 similar, and these were used very little as dwellings after the potlatch. 

 Those at Sequin and Port Gamble are more nearly like the one at 

 Dunginess, and have since been used as dwellings. 



Sweat houses are very uncommon ; the only ones which I have seen 

 have been used by the uaedicine men. They are 3 or 4 feet in height 



