100 USES OF PLANTS BY INDIANS (nTn.ANN.33 



llazui-hu, (Winnebago), " watei-fniit bush" (/w2, ft'uit; ni, 

 wiitiT: hu. plant, tree. bush). 



Suppikt (Pawnee), "sour top." 



In the fall when the leaves turned red they were gathered and 

 drie.1 for snK.king bv all the tribes. Omaha and Winnebago both 

 sai.l the roots were used to make a yellow dye. Among the Pawnee 

 the fruit.s were boiled to make a remedy for dysmenorriiea and also 

 for bloody flu.x. An Omaha medicine-man, AVhite Horse, said the 

 fruits were boiled to make a styptic wash to stop hemorrhage in 

 women after parturition, and that a decoction of the root was used 

 to drink in case of retention of urine and when urination was pain- 

 ful. An Omaha .^aid that a poultice made by bruising the leaves was 

 apl)lied wet in case of poLsoning of the skin, as by some irritant 

 vegetal oil. In case the leaves could not be had the fruits were soaked 

 anil bniiseil. the application being kept moist with the water in which 

 the fruits had been soaked. 



ToxicoDENDiiox TuxKODENuiiON (L.) Brittou. Poison Oak. Poison 

 Ivy. 



I'lthi-a'a-tTie-hi (Omaha-Ponca), '"plant that makes sore" {Kthi, 

 sore; wathe, to make: hi, plant, bush, tree, any plant body). 



The people knew and dreaded the poisonous effects of this plant, 

 but I did not learn of any use for it, nor of any antidote for its 

 poison. 



ACERACEAE 



AcEi! sACCHAiiUM Marsh. Hard Maple. 



C/ia''-ha m" (Dakota), "pale-bark" (rhn"-Iia. bark; sa", pale or 



whitish). 

 .Vrt"-.sa"^ (Winnebago), " pure or genuine wood " («//", wood; «a"/i', 



real, genuine). 

 This species was used in Minnesota by the Santee Dakota. Since 

 their removal to Nebraska in 180G they have made use of the next 

 species. 



Acer saccharinum L. Soft Maple. 



Tnhado (Dakota). 



W't >m-sfuibcffu-ki (Omaha-Ponca), " tree to dye black." 



^Vissep^h^l (AVinnebago), "tree to dye black." 



All the tribes made sugar from the soft maple. The Dakota word 

 for sugar is rhwha^pi, literally "wood" or "tree juice" {ha" pi, 

 juice). The Omaha word is zho"ni {zho", wood or tree; ni, water). 

 The Pawnee word for sugar, nakits, is also compounded of their 

 wortis for "tree" {naMs) and "water" {kiitsu). From these exam- 

 ples it appears that the etymologj' of the word for "sugar" in the 



