106 USES OF PLANTS BV INDIANS 1f.tb. ann. 33 



he had see.. ...any of the great me., of all ti.i.e, more tl.u.. he could 

 remember. 



El-AKAONACEAF. 



LEPAnr.VREA A..CENTEA (Nutt.) Gieoiio. l',uflai<.-l.c-.-.y. (PI. 20 h.) 

 Mmkfi"rha-i>ute (Dako(;a), " rabbit -.lose " {mishtVcfui, rabbit; 



l>utc, i.ose). 

 ZhC-Jwje-wazkide (OMiaha-Po.ica). or wazhlde huta, gray was- 



Jiide, . z IX 



Uaz-shutz (Winnebago). " rcd-r.-uil " {his, ivmt; .^huts, red). 



Laritsifs (Pawnee). 



The fruits are used fresh in season and are dried for winter use. 

 The fruit was cere..K)iiially used in feasts given in honor of a gi.-l 

 arriving at puberty. Padus nana was o.-dinarily used, but Lepar- 

 (lyrca .night be substituted. This was a custo.n among the Dakota.^ 



.\l!A..lA( I'.AE 



Panax QriNQo;FOLiUM L. Ciinseng. 



.V Pawnee gave the informatio.i that ginseng roots in ccnposition 

 with eertai.i other siibstances we.-e used as a love charm. From 

 various i.idividuals the infor.nation was gathered bit by bit severally 

 and adduced, showing that the four sjjccies of plants used in com- 

 poimding this love chann were Aquilegia canadensis, Lobelia cardl- 

 ■nalix, CoffsweUia daucifolia, and Panax quinque folium, or possibly a 

 species of Lif/ustlcmn. Speci.nens of the latter were not in hand, but 

 info.-maiits spoke of it as Anr/el/ea. They had become acquainted 

 with Anffell-ca of the pharmacists and probably mistook it for their 

 own nati\c Ligusticum. It is possible that various combinations 

 of four plants might have been used, but it appears certain that 

 Aqiiilef/ia canademis and Cogswellia dauci folia were considered 

 most potent. The parts used were seeds of At/uilegia and Cogx- 

 ii-iJlia, dried roots of Panax, and dried roots and flowers of Lobelia 

 cardinalis. With these vegetal products was mingled red-earth 

 jiaint. The possession of these medicines was supposed to invest 

 tlie possessor with a propeity of attractiveness to all persons, in 

 spite of any .latu.-al antipathy which might otherwise exist. When 

 to these were added hairs obtai.ied by stealth through the friendly 

 oflices of an amiably disposed third pcson from the head of the 

 woman who was desired, she was u.ial)le to resist the attraction 

 and soon yielded to the one who possessed the charm. 



• Dorsey, Slouan Cults, p. 483. 



