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  is 
  called 
  chook 
  or 
  champoo. 
  Indians 
  of 
  other 
  tribes 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  invest 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  species 
  of 
  Angelica 
  with 
  talismanic 
  attributes. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  popular 
  name 
  of 
  grass-nut 
  there 
  is 
  included 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   plants 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  round, 
  bulbous 
  root, 
  all 
  of 
  which, 
  with 
  one 
  exception, 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  eat 
  with 
  much 
  satisfaction. 
  They 
  are 
  generally 
  pried 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  

   with 
  a 
  sharp 
  stick 
  and 
  eaten 
  raw 
  on 
  the 
  spot 
  ; 
  but 
  sometimes 
  the 
  women 
  col- 
  

   lect 
  a 
  quantity 
  in 
  a 
  basket 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  roast 
  in 
  the 
  ashes, 
  or 
  boil 
  them. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  disagreeable 
  to 
  the 
  civilized 
  taste. 
  There 
  is 
  the 
  

   beaver-tail 
  grass-nut, 
  [Cijclohothra 
  — 
  wallic) 
  the 
  turkey 
  pea, 
  {Saniculaluberosa 
  — 
  

   tuen) 
  the 
  purple-flowered 
  grass-nut, 
  {Bi-odicBa 
  congesta 
  — 
  oakow) 
  the 
  tule 
  grass-nut, 
  

   {coah) 
  a 
  small 
  bulb, 
  with 
  a 
  single, 
  wiry, 
  cylindrical 
  stalk, 
  growing 
  in 
  wet 
  

   places, 
  which 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  identify 
  ; 
  the 
  climbing 
  grass-nut, 
  (Brodima 
  voluhilis 
  — 
  

   oampoom 
  wi) 
  sometimes 
  planted 
  by 
  Americans 
  for 
  ornaments 
  ; 
  the 
  little 
  soap- 
  

   root, 
  {Chlorogalum 
  divaricatum 
  — 
  poxjum) 
  the 
  wild 
  garlic, 
  {Allium 
  — 
  cooeeh) 
  the 
  

   eight-leafed 
  garlic, 
  {shal) 
  the 
  five-leafed 
  garlic, 
  [inshal] 
  and 
  the 
  three-leafed 
  gar- 
  

   lic, 
  (ivooJcwe) 
  the 
  yellow-blossom 
  grass-nut 
  {Calliproalutea 
  — 
  ustuh) 
  ; 
  the 
  long- 
  

   le^ed 
  grass-nut 
  (Brodicea 
  congesta, 
  although 
  the 
  Indians 
  have 
  a 
  different 
  name 
  

   for 
  it 
  from 
  that 
  mentioned 
  just 
  above, 
  namely, 
  yoang 
  wi) 
  the 
  white-flowered 
  

   grass-nut 
  [Hesperoscordium 
  lacteum 
  — 
  yoivak 
  wi) 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  wild 
  onion 
  (Allium 
  

   cepa 
  — 
  chan.) 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  other 
  grass-nut, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  bulb, 
  [Anticlea 
  — 
  haccul) 
  

   which 
  the 
  Indians 
  consider 
  poison, 
  although 
  it 
  probably 
  contains 
  no 
  more 
  

   poison 
  than 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  liliaceous 
  family. 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  of 
  greens 
  which 
  they 
  eat 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  is 
  also 
  quite 
  extensive. 
  Be- 
  

   sides 
  the 
  grasses 
  and 
  the 
  yellow 
  dock 
  above 
  mentioned, 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  mask-flower, 
  

   {Mimulus 
  luteus 
  — 
  pooshmn) 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Angelica, 
  (hen 
  and 
  oamshu) 
  which 
  

   are 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine 
  ; 
  the 
  California 
  poppy, 
  [Escholtzia 
  Californica 
  — 
  tapoo) 
  

   either 
  boiled 
  or 
  roasted 
  with 
  hot 
  stones, 
  and 
  then 
  laid 
  in 
  water 
  ; 
  the 
  rock-let- 
  

   tuce, 
  [Echeveris 
  lanceolata 
  — 
  pittitac) 
  eaten 
  raw 
  ; 
  the 
  wild 
  lettuce, 
  (Claijtonia 
  

   perfoliaia 
  — 
  ijau) 
  and 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Sanicula, 
  (mancoo) 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  which, 
  long 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  tuberose, 
  is 
  also 
  eaten. 
  Of 
  the 
  wild 
  lettuce 
  a 
  curious 
  fact 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   noted. 
  The 
  Indians 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  mountains, 
  about 
  at 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  Auburn, 
  

   gather 
  it 
  and 
  lay 
  it 
  in 
  quantities 
  near 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  certain 
  large 
  red 
  ants, 
  which 
  

   have 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  building 
  conical 
  heaps 
  over 
  their 
  holes. 
  After 
  the 
  ants 
  have 
  

   circulated 
  all 
  through 
  it, 
  they 
  take 
  it 
  up, 
  shake 
  them 
  off", 
  and 
  eat 
  it 
  with 
  relish. 
  

   They 
  say 
  the 
  ants, 
  in 
  running 
  over 
  it, 
  impart 
  a 
  sour 
  taste 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  make 
  it 
  as 
  

   good 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  vinegar 
  on 
  it. 
  I 
  never 
  witnessed 
  this 
  done, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  

   told 
  of 
  it, 
  at 
  different 
  times, 
  by 
  different 
  Indians 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  known 
  to 
  

   deceive 
  me. 
  

  

  Of 
  seeds, 
  they 
  eat 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  A 
  kind 
  of 
  coarse, 
  wild 
  grass, 
  (Promus 
  virens 
  

   — 
  dodoh) 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  yellow-blooming, 
  tarry-smelling 
  weed, 
  [Madaria 
  — 
  

   coamduc) 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  as 
  rich 
  as 
  butter 
  ; 
  the 
  yellow-blossom 
  or 
  crow- 
  

   foot, 
  {Ranunculus 
  Calif 
  ornicus 
  — 
  iiss) 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  seed 
  is 
  gathered 
  by 
  sweep- 
  

   ing 
  through 
  it 
  a 
  long-handled 
  basket 
  or 
  a 
  gourd 
  ; 
  a 
  little 
  weed 
  v^hich 
  grows 
  

   thick 
  in 
  ravines, 
  {Blennosperma 
  Californicum—poll) 
  gathered 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  ; 
  

   also 
  a 
  weed 
  (s/j 
  eeoo) 
  with 
  little 
  white 
  blossoms 
  distributed 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  stalks, 
  

  

  