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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  eyes 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner. 
  Soap-root 
  is 
  also 
  used 
  to 
  heal 
  and 
  cleanse 
  

   old 
  sores, 
  being 
  heated 
  and 
  laid 
  on 
  hot. 
  Both 
  soap-root 
  and 
  buckeyes 
  are 
  eaten 
  

   in 
  times 
  of 
  great 
  scarcity 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  roasted 
  under 
  ground 
  thirty-six 
  hours 
  or 
  

   more, 
  to 
  extract 
  the 
  poison. 
  

  

  For 
  toothache, 
  the 
  remedy 
  is 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  buckthorn 
  {Frangula 
  

   Californica 
  — 
  luhum 
  doo). 
  It 
  is 
  heated 
  as 
  hot 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  borne, 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  against 
  the 
  offending 
  member, 
  and 
  tightly 
  gripped 
  between 
  the 
  teeth. 
  

   Several 
  sorts 
  of 
  mints, 
  heesuh, 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  a 
  tea 
  or 
  decoction 
  for 
  colds 
  or 
  coughs. 
  

   Ague 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  cured 
  by 
  a 
  decoction 
  of 
  the 
  little 
  mullen, 
  [Eremocarpus 
  

   setigerus 
  — 
  hadali) 
  which 
  grows 
  on 
  black 
  adobe 
  land 
  in 
  autumn. 
  Colic 
  is 
  treat- 
  

   ed 
  with 
  a 
  tea 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  greenish-gray 
  lichen, 
  (Parmelia 
  saxicola 
  — 
  wahattac) 
  

   found 
  growing 
  on 
  stones. 
  For 
  rheumatism, 
  they 
  take 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  stems 
  of 
  a 
  

   parasite 
  vine 
  (Galium 
  — 
  sheshem) 
  which 
  grows 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  chap- 
  

   arral 
  bush, 
  heat 
  or 
  burn 
  them, 
  and 
  clap 
  them 
  hot 
  on 
  the 
  place. 
  

  

  Yellow-dock, 
  heet, 
  is 
  a 
  valuable 
  specific 
  in 
  their 
  pharmacopoeia. 
  In 
  case 
  of 
  

   acute 
  pain 
  of 
  any 
  description, 
  the 
  root 
  is 
  heated 
  hot, 
  and 
  pressed 
  upon 
  the 
  spot. 
  

   In 
  the 
  spring, 
  the 
  leaf 
  is 
  eaten 
  boiled, 
  for 
  greens, 
  together 
  with 
  clover 
  and 
  many 
  

   other 
  things. 
  

  

  Bunch-grass, 
  boopuh, 
  is 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  superstition. 
  They 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  

   long, 
  slender 
  stalks 
  of 
  it, 
  discharged 
  as 
  arrows 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  bow 
  against 
  a 
  preg- 
  

   nant 
  woman, 
  will 
  produce 
  a 
  miscarriage 
  ; 
  also, 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  hasten 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   maturity 
  in 
  a 
  maiden. 
  There 
  is 
  another 
  thing, 
  which 
  they 
  call 
  woconmah, 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  wild 
  parsnip, 
  which 
  they 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  deadly 
  poison. 
  It 
  will 
  produce 
  

   nose-bleed, 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  keep 
  it 
  in 
  their 
  houses 
  will 
  surely 
  die. 
  I 
  will 
  

   here 
  state 
  that 
  I 
  cannot 
  discover 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  ever 
  used 
  poisons 
  to 
  any 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  extent 
  to 
  rid 
  themselves 
  of 
  enemies 
  ; 
  if 
  they 
  did, 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  old 
  medi- 
  

   cine 
  men, 
  and 
  they 
  keep 
  the 
  matter 
  a 
  secret. 
  The 
  Indians 
  profess 
  to 
  stand 
  in 
  

   great 
  and 
  perpetual 
  dread 
  of 
  being 
  poisoned 
  by 
  one 
  another 
  ; 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  will 
  

   taste 
  anything 
  handed 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  one 
  who 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  his 
  family, 
  unless 
  

   the 
  other 
  tastes 
  it 
  first 
  ; 
  but 
  they 
  imagine 
  a 
  hundred 
  cases 
  of 
  poisoning 
  where 
  

   one 
  actually 
  occurs. 
  

  

  Of 
  grasses, 
  they 
  eat 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  oat, 
  (tootootem 
  com) 
  but 
  very 
  spar- 
  

   ingly. 
  Wild 
  clover, 
  cheewee 
  ; 
  alfilleria, 
  batds 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  grass 
  growing 
  in 
  

   wet 
  places, 
  [Melka 
  — 
  holl) 
  are 
  all 
  eaten 
  raw 
  when 
  young 
  and 
  tender, 
  or 
  boiled 
  

   for 
  greens. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  mushrooms 
  which 
  they 
  consider 
  edible. 
  The 
  one 
  of 
  

   which 
  they 
  are 
  fondest 
  is 
  called 
  poolcut, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  round 
  ball, 
  from 
  the 
  size 
  

   of 
  a 
  marble 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  black 
  walnut, 
  found 
  underground 
  in 
  chaparral 
  and 
  

   pine 
  thickets. 
  They 
  eat 
  it 
  raw 
  with 
  great 
  relish, 
  or 
  roast 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  ashes. 
  An- 
  

   other 
  kind 
  is 
  the 
  wachuh, 
  which 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  form, 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side, 
  chocolate-colored 
  and 
  deeply 
  ribbed 
  underneath, 
  and 
  easily 
  peeled. 
  It 
  is 
  

   eaten 
  boiled. 
  

  

  Higher 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  they 
  find 
  a 
  root 
  looking 
  somewhat 
  like 
  cork, 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  sometimes 
  wear 
  suspended 
  to 
  their 
  clothing 
  as 
  a 
  charm. 
  It 
  

  

  